Support, Stigma, Health, Coping, and Quality of Life in Older Gay Men With HIV
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Vol. 24 (1), 38-49
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2012.02.006
Abstract
Edictors of QOL in older gay men with HIV. Sixty gay men ages 50–65 participated. Age, social support, and problem-focused coping were significantly and positively correlated with QOL, while medical comorbidities, social stigma, and emotion-focused coping were all significantly and negatively associated with QOL (p < .01). In stepwise linear regression analysis, emotional/informational support remained as a significant positive predictor, and medical comorbidities, HIV stigma, and emotion-focused coping remained as significant negative predictors, accounting for 64% of the variance in QOL. Study findings may help researchers develop interventions aimed at increasing QOL in this population....Keywords
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