Experiences and attitudes of people with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review of qualitative studies

Arias Colmenero, Tomás; Pérez Morente, Mª Ángeles; Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús; Capilla Díaz, Concepción; Ruzafa Martínez, María; Hueso Montoro, César

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Experiences and attitudes of people with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review of qualitative studies

dc.contributor.author	Arias Colmenero, Tomás
dc.contributor.author	Pérez Morente, Mª Ángeles
dc.contributor.author	Ramos Morcillo, Antonio Jesús
dc.contributor.author	Capilla Díaz, Concepción
dc.contributor.author	Ruzafa Martínez, María
dc.contributor.author	Hueso Montoro, César
dc.contributor.department	Enfermería
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-29T11:09:43Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-29T11:09:43Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-19
dc.description	©2020. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This document is the Published, version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020639	es
dc.description.abstract	The aim of this article was to explore the experiences and attitudes of people with HIV/AIDS. A systematic review of qualitative studies was carried out. Twenty-seven articles were included, with sample sizes ranging from 3 to 78. Articles from North America, South America, Central America, Europe, and Africa were included. Five topics emerged from the synthesis: feelings about the diagnosis of HIV/AIDS; stigma and HIV/AIDS; changes in sexual behavior after becoming infected; living with the virus; and pregnancy and motherhood in seropositive women. The moment of diagnosis is of vital importance for these people due to feelings such as disappointment, sadness, fear, despair, lack of awareness, and pain. Social support is highly valued among these people and is linked to an improvement in these peoples’ quality of life. Different kinds of stigma accompany people with HIV/AIDS throughout their life, like social stigma, self-stigma, and health professionals’ stigma. Seropositive women who decide to become mothers can feel frustration because they cannot breastfeed. Spirituality helps some people to deal with the fact of being a virus or disease carrier.	es
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dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 639
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17020639
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1660-4601
dc.identifier.issn	Print: 1661-7827
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/139782
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	MDPI	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/2/639	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS	es
dc.subject	Systematic review	es
dc.subject	Qualitative approaches	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicina	es
dc.title	Experiences and attitudes of people with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review of qualitative studies	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es