title: Psychosocial factors associated with quality of life in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify psychosocial factors, including coping style, that are associated with quality of life (QOL) in Japanese patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and to clarify the difference in coping style between patients with hemophilia and patients with sexually transmitted infection. We administered the World Health Organization QOL-26 questionnaire, the Mental Adjustment Toward Cancer scale, and the Social Support scale to 50 patients with HIV infection. Regarding QOL scores, Fighting Spirit was the positive coping style; Helplessness/Hopelessness and Anxious Preoccupation were negative coping styles. Psychological QOL scores in patients with hemophilia were lower than those in patients with sexually transmitted infection. Patients with hemophilia had a significantly weaker Fighting Spirit than patients with sexually transmitted infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naotsugu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kiso
authors.forename: Yukie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Katsuyuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukutake
authors.forename: Tomoyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanaoka
authors.forename: Makio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iimori
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D006467:Hemophilia A / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011584:Psychology; D011788:Quality of Life