title: The difficulties of women living with HIV infection.
abstract: Eighty women described the most difficult aspects of living with HIV infection. Content analysis revealed four themes: fear, limitation, symptoms, and emotions. Fears related to disclosure and stigma were more frequently described than fears of dying. Limitations were financial, sexual/reproductive, and physical. The physical limitations were related to the presence of symptoms leading to a wide range of emotions.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D016387:Women's Health