ArticleBMC psychology2022
Hopelessness and HIV infection: an exploratory study with a gender-specific perspective.
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- HIV-related Stigma among People with HIV in Denmark and its Association with Psychosocial and Sexual Health: a cross-sectional Nationwide Study.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- The effect of HIV on patients' lives: a phenomenological qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2024Article
- Prevalence of HIV-related stigma manifestations and their contributing factors among people living with HIV in Sweden - a nationwide study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- An exploratory qualitative study of the psychological effects of HIV diagnosis; the need for early involvement of mental health professionals to improve linkage to care.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Effect of Expressive Writing on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Hopelessness in Mothers with Premature Neonates Hospitalized in NICU.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery researchArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAn understudied psychological response to HIV-related stressors among people living with HIV is hopelessness. Hopelessness is the expectation that things will not improve and feeling helpless to change one's current situation. The aim of this study was to assess prevalence and levels of hopelessness and its direct and indirect contributors in people living with HIV in Sweden.
methodsParticipants included 967 women and men from the "Living with HIV in Sweden" cross-sectional study with available data regarding hopelessness measured by the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Binary and multiple logistic regression analyses were used to determine direct and indirect factors that may contribute to feelings of hopelessness. Path analyses were used to assess the underlying structure of hopelessness. All analyses were conducted by gender.
resultsAlmost half the participants reported moderate to severe hopelessness. There were no differences in frequency of feeling hopeless or level of hopelessness by gender or sexual orientation. Dissatisfaction with finances, dissatisfaction with physical health, and low HIV-related emotional support were found to be directly associated with hopelessness for both women and men. Although having some indirect factors in common, unemployment and HIV stigmatization, women and men had different underlying structures of hopelessness.
conclusionsOur findings are important to HIV clinicians in identifying those at risk of hopelessness from a gender perspective in order to reduce preventable psychological distress among people living with HIV.
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