Needs assessment and coping strategies of persons infected with HIV in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1308-1320

  Kabbash, I A ^a   El Gueneidy, M ^b   Sharaf, A Y ^b   Hassan, N M ^a   Al Nawawy, A N ^c  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^c AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ANGER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELPLESSNESS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RECREATION; RELATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EGYPT; FEAR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 59949085791     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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