Patients began PSGs after an average of 14 months of HAART. We planned 10 monthly 90-minute sessions with specific themes (summarized below). To date, we have conducted sessions 1 - 5, for which at least 60% of invitees were present. SessionsThemes 1 Introductions, group cont...
The setting up a support group for depressed elderly patients on discharge from hospital reduced the re-referral and readmission rate for these patients as compared with a control group not offered this therapeutic intervention. Further studies are required to substantiate this finding. However, there...
Outcome of cognitive-behavioral and support group brief therapies for depressed, HIV-infected persons. Online Help: Cancer Patients Participate in a Computer-Mediated Support Group Standing out and fitting in: a report on a support group for individuals with Asperger syndrome using a personal account...
Lin. "Support group participation, HIV viral lead and sexual risk behavior " American Journal of Health Behavior 25, no. 6 (Nov-Dec 2001): 513-527. Montazeri, A., and others. " Anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients before and after participation in a cancer support group." ...
A second group viewed adherence as a Couple Responsibility and integrated support for medication adherence into the relationship. A third group was in the process of ending their relationships and adherence support was one–sided or withdrawn altogether. Examining support exchange contexts at cultural, ...
Based on the philosophy of anthropocentrism and theory of social support, psychological health environment of the patient with HIV/AIDS was analysed and the role of social support elucidated. The effect of social support was aslo discussed, and measured how to provide social support to the patients...
Family therapists working in medical contexts often struggle to find a common language for communication with medical staff about the importance of family support. positive youth are a group who have particular need for family support to help improve medication adherence, promote more open and positive...
In this qualitative study, 29 HIV-positive, Chinese patients reported highly favorable impressions of their healthcare providers, who were seen as providing important medical-related, financial, and emotional support. Generally, the patient-provider relationship positively impacted the participants and their...
Case management strategies for the nutritional support of patients infected with the () are evolving as the disease becomes less rapidly fatal and more chronic. Nutritional status changes in advanced are similar in many respects to . Current clinical effort and research focuses on the beneficial effe...
However, to our knowledge no previous studies of peer-group support interventions for improving psychological well-being of AIDS orphans have been conducted. Among adults, peer-group support intervention has shown significantly improved quality of life in HIV infected adult patients (Nunes et al., ...