An increase in religiousness/spirituality occurs after HIV diagnosis and predicts slower disease progression over 4 years in people with HIV

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2006, Pages

  Ironson, Gail ^a,b,c   Stuetzle, Rick ^a   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Disease progression; HIV; Religiousness; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OPTIMISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS LOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAUSALITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FLORIDA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750480250     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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