RT Article
T1 Spirituality and Optimism: A Holistic Approach to Component-Based, Self-management Treatment for HIV
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 53
IS 5
SP 1317
OP 1328
A1 Brown, Jordan
A1 Hanson, Jan E.
A1 Schmotzer, Brian
A1 Webel, Allison R.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668456648
AB For people living with HIV (PLWH), spirituality and optimism have a positive influence on their health, can slow HIV disease progression, and can improve quality of life. Our aim was to describe longitudinal changes in spirituality and optimism after participation in the SystemCHANGE™-HIV intervention. Upon completion of the intervention, participants experienced an 11.5 point increase in overall spiritual well-being (p = 0.036), a 6.3 point increase in religious well-being (p = 0.030), a 4.8 point increase in existential well-being (p = 0.125), and a 0.8 point increase in total optimism (p = 0.268) relative to controls. Our data suggest a group-based self-management intervention increases spiritual well-being in PLWH.
K1 Existentialism
K1 Optimism
K1 Self-management
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1007/s10943-013-9722-1