Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(9):16-19

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.09.005

Psychological conditions of HIV/AIDS patients' families:a qualitative study

Liangyan LI ; Jing ZHAO ; Naihua CHEN ; Xiaoduo DONG

Keywords

AIDS; families of patients; psychological conditions; qualitative study

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Objective To study the psychological conditions of HIV/AIDS patients' families.Methods The non-structural interview was done with 4 HIV/AIDS patients' families.The data were analyzed for summarizing the themes.Results Six themes were summarized including suspicion and denial,humiliation and discrimination,helplessness and guilty,fear and sadness, desperate,threat and revenge.Conclusion HIV/AIDS patients’families are under tremendous psychological pressure and economic pressure,and their quality of life is very low.Therefore,it is necessary to lower the negative emotions in HIV/AIDS patients' families so that their quality of life is to be increased.