Evaluating Quality of Life and Marital Contentment among Seroconcordant and Serodiscordant HIV-Infected Couples in Comparison to Non- HIV Couples | ||
| International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery | ||
| مقاله 7، دوره 9، شماره 3 - شماره پیاپی 35، مهر 2021، صفحه 251-264 اصل مقاله (849.19 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Original Article | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.30476/ijcbnm.2021.87420.1430 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Azam Faraji1، 2؛ Niloofar Namazi1، 3؛ Leila Doryanizadeh* 4؛ Hadi Raeisi Shahraki5 | ||
| 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; | ||
| 2Maternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; | ||
| 3Infertility Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; | ||
| 4Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Estahban branch, Islamic Azad University, Estahban, Iran; | ||
| 5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Background: Quality of life (QOL) and marital contentment, especially marital satisfaction, are important aspects of life. These items are more important in couples involved in HIV due to the present social stigma among this population considering women more vulnerable. The aim of this study was to determine the QOL and marital contentment status among seroconcordant and serodiscordant HIV couples compared to non-HIV ones. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 66 serodiscordant, 74 seroconcordant, and 70 non-HIV couples who referred to Lavan High-risk Behavior Counseling Center, Shiraz during September 2017 and December 2019 were studied. QOL and marital contentment were assessed by World Health Organization Quality of Life-BRIEF (WHOQOL BREF) and ENRICH questionnaire, respectively. Chi-square test for qualitative variables, independent T-test and ANOVA followed by LSD post hoc test for quantitative variables were performed. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 19.0, and P<0.05 was set as the significant level. Results: The score of QOL questionnaire was significantly higher in non-HIV couples than serodiscordant and seroconcordant groups (P<0.001). There was no significant difference among seroconcordant and serodiscordant groups (P=0.99), and infected males vs. females (P=0.13). Non-HIV couples had significantly higher marital contentment in comparison to serodiscordant and seroconcordant groups (P<0.001). No difference was detected among seroconcordant and serodiscordant groups (P=0.81) although more contentment was observed among the males (P=0.01). Conclusion: Our study revealed that QOL and marital contentment were different among non-HIV and HIV infected couples. Besides, marital contentment was higher among males than female’s in infected patients. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| HIV؛ Marital therapy؛ Quality of life؛ Sex | ||
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