Exploring HIV Stigma and Quality of Life for Persons Living With HIV Infection
- 7 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Vol. 20 (3), 161-168
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jana.2009.02.002
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the potential contribution of perceived HIV stigma to quality of life for people living with HIV infection. A cross-sectional design explored the contribution of demographic variables, symptoms, and stigma to quality of life in an international sample of 726 people living with HIV infection. Stigma independently contributed a significant 5.3% of the explained variance in quality of life, after removing contributions of HIV-related symptoms and severity of illness. This study empirically documents that perceived HIV stigma had a significantly negative impact upon quality of life for a broad sample of people living with HIV infection.Keywords
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