| Literature DB >> 24510757 |
Carol Dawson Rose1, Allison Webel, Kathleen M Sullivan, Yvette P Cuca, Dean Wantland, Mallory O Johnson, John Brion, Carmen J Portillo, Inge B Corless, Joachim Voss, Wei-Ti Chen, J Craig Phillips, Lynda Tyer-Viola, Marta Rivero-Méndez, Patrice K Nicholas, Kathleen Nokes, Jeanne Kemppainen, Elizabeth Sefcik, Lucille Sanzero Eller, Scholastika Iipinge, Kenn Kirksey, Puangtip Chaiphibalsarisdi, Nancy Davila, Mary Jane Hamilton, Dorothy Hickey, Mary Maryland, Paula Reid, William L Holzemer.
Abstract
Sexual risk behavior and illicit drug use among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) contribute to poor health and onward transmission of HIV. The aim of this collaborative multi-site nursing research study was to explore the association between self-compassion and risk behaviors in PLWHA. As part of a larger project, nurse researchers in Canada, China, Namibia, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the US enrolled 1211 sexually active PLWHA using convenience sampling. The majority of the sample was male, middle-aged, and from the US. Illicit drug use was strongly associated with sexual risk behavior, but participants with higher self-compassion were less likely to report sexual risk behavior, even in the presence of illicit drug use. Self-compassion may be a novel area for behavioral intervention development for PLWHA.Entities:
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; International Nursing Network for HIV/AIDS Research; illicit drug use; nursing; self-compassion; sexual risk behavior
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Year: 2014 PMID： 24510757 PMCID： PMC4158433 DOI： 10.1002/nur.21587
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Res Nurs Health ISSN： 0160-6891 Impact factor: 2.228