Psychosocial factors associated with quality of life in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection

Psychosomatics
Naotsugu HirabayashiMakio Iimori

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial factors, including coping style, that are associated with quality of life (QOL) in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and to clarify the difference in coping style between patients with hemophilia and patients with sexually transmitted infection. We administered the World Health Organization QOL-26 questionnaire, the Mental Adjustment Toward Cancer scale, and the Social Support scale to 50 patients with HIV infection. Regarding QOL scores, Fighting Spirit was the positive coping style; Helplessness/Hopelessness and Anxious Preoccupation were negative coping styles. Psychological QOL scores in patients with hemophilia were lower than those in patients with sexually transmitted infection. Patients with hemophilia had a significantly weaker Fighting Spirit than patients with sexually transmitted infection.

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