Motives, Social Support, and Adherence Behaviors in HIV-Patients: Structural Equation Modeling
A cross-sectional study was carried out in order to assess the influence of a set of psychological and social variables on adherence behaviors in a sample of 69 persons with HIV, using a structural equations model. The final model revealed a strong influence of motives and social support on adherenc...
| Autor Principal: | González Ramírez, Mónica Teresa; Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León |
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| Otros Autores: | Piña López, Julio Alfonso; Investigador Independiente |
| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Idioma: | spa |
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Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
2010
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http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/683 |
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A cross-sectional study was carried out in order to assess the influence of a set of psychological and social variables on adherence behaviors in a sample of 69 persons with HIV, using a structural equations model. The final model revealed a strong influence of motives and social support on adherence behaviors, both explaining 49% of the total variance; also, an effect of adherence behaviors on viral load levels and of this one on T CD4+ cell counts were observed. The current study contributes to understand variables underlying adherence behaviors in a sample of persons with HIV, and therefore intervention programs directed to promote and/or to maintain these behaviors must to consider the specific weight of some psychological and social variables along the behavioral continuum |
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