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The impact of palliative care on health status in HIV-positive children.
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Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences And Engineering
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2017
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Hiv; Palliative Care; Drug Therapy; Childhood (birth-12 Yrs)
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Ahmed AA
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HIV-positive children in sub-Saharan Africa have numerous challenges to overcome. These challenges increase psychosocial stress as well as symptom burden including fatigue, weight loss, pain, and mental changes. The symptoms may persist even after initiation of antiretroviral therapy, so such children need additional care. Palliative care lays emphasis on holistic patient-centered care, including physical, psychological, social, and spiritual symptoms, alongside antiretroviral therapy. There is limited data on the impact of integrating palliative care with standard HIV care and treatment in children. The purpose of this study was to fill the gap in the literature by investigating the impact of palliative care on health status in HIV-positive children on antiretroviral therapy. The theoretical framework was based on the humanistic nursing theory. Using the Mann Whitney U and logistic regression tests, the health-related quality of life of 97 children who received palliative care in addition to standard HIV care was compared to 180 HIV-positive children who received standard HIV care only through chart reviews. According to study results, children receiving palliative care alongside antiretroviral therapy have better physical and psychosocial health compared to children receiving only antiretroviral therapy. Increasing age was a contributing factor to better psychosocial and physical health in patients receiving palliative care. Emotional, social, and school functioning are important factors that determine treatment outcomes in children on antiretroviral therapy, and addressing those factors through palliative care will create a positive social change by improving treatment outcomes, quality of life, and longevity. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
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<a href="http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3271/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3271/</a>
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2017
Ahmed AA
Childhood (birth-12 Yrs)
December 2017 List
Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences And Engineering
Drug Therapy
Hiv
Palliative Care