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. 2024 Sep 7:17:4373-4382.
doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S466797. eCollection 2024.

A Study on AIDS Self-Management Status and Its Influencing Factors

Dong-Xia Wu #  1 , Jing-Xian Hu #  2 , Jian-Hong Ma #  1 , Ke-Yi Chang #  1 , Yun Zhang  1 , Xiao-Li Quan  1 , Jia-Ning Han  1 , Hai-Jing Long  1 , Chen Chen  1 , Wei Zhai  1 , Huan-Huan Guo  1 , Li-Li Zhang  2 , Xiao-Lan Wang  2
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A Study on AIDS Self-Management Status and Its Influencing Factors

Dong-Xia Wu et al. J Multidiscip Healthc. .

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate and analyse the status quo of the self-management of patients living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and its influencing factors and to provide the basis for formulating intervention strategies.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 300 PLWHA who visited the Infection Center of Beijing Youan Hospital, Capital Medical University between September 2021 and December 2021 were enrolled using the convenience sampling method. Demographic characteristics and disease-related data were collected for each participant. The HIV/AIDS Self-Management Scale was used to evaluate the self-management ability of PLWHA.

Results: A total of 251 male and 49 female PLWHA were included in this study, with an average age of 39.08 ± 12.09 years and an average disease duration of 9.61 ± 37.04 months. Univariate analysis showed that the PLWHA's place of residence, educational level, physical condition, family relations, duration of HIV disease, receipt or not of antiviral therapy and knowledge of disease had an influence on the scores of the HIV Self-Management Scale (all p < 0.05). The results of the self-management scores indicated that the total score for self-management was 41.5 ± 6.4 points, with a scoring rate of 69.6%, which was at a medium level. Long-term self-management had the highest scoring rate (12.2 ± 2.5 points), followed by daily health management (22.3 ± 4.3 points), and social support for self-management had the lowest scoring (5.1 ± 0.9 points). Multivariable analysis showed that the self-management ability of PLWHA was related to educational level, duration of disease and family relations (R2 = 0.67, F = 121.7, p < 0.05).

Conclusion: The self-management level of patients with AIDS, especially the social support of daily health management and self-management, needs to be further improved. Educational level, duration of disease and family relations are important factors influencing the self-management of PLWHA.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV/AIDS; self-management.

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