Effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in coping the psychiatric patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Raichur
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 5
Abstract
Coping is defined as the cognitive or behavioural strategies used to manage demands that are perceived to exceed existing resources. They further described coping strategies as either problem-focused (aimed at removing, confronting, circumventing the stressor) or emotion focused (lessening impact of stressor, without changing the stressor itself). Unfortunately HIV positive subjects are found to use more maladaptive coping strategies like escaping, avoiding, controlling self and others, and fail to use adaptive coping styles like positive reappraisal, planning and problem solving. A follow up study of 64 patients above the age of 18 years, both male and female, with HIV/AIDS, attending the Anti-Retroviral Treatment Centre (ART) of the NMC Raichur was undertaken. Active–Behavioural, Active-cognitive and Avoidance coping strategies questionarrie was used to collect the data. In PREHAART Mean coping scores prior to onset of medication was 30.7. In POSTHAART the Mean coping scores increased over all coping categories from a mean of 30.7 to 40.89, a statistically significant finding. The maximum increase was in Cognitive coping strategies, followed by Behavioural strategies. There was a reduction in the Avoidance pattern of coping.
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Pavan Kumar K, Neeta T Gavimath, Sharanabasavaraj 3, Sunil Kumar
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