title: Physical and mental fullness as descriptors that influence sleep in women with HIV.
abstract: Through individual interviews, this qualitative study examined the subjective experience of sleep quality in the lives of 6 women with HIV infection. Three major themes emerged: living differently, sleep patterns, and strategies to normalize sleep. The women in this study revealed that they were living differently than before their infection and their experience of sleep had similarly changed. Four adaptive mechanisms were used to normalize sleep: automaticized behaviors, processing alternatives, yielding to a lack of control, and vigilant self-monitoring. This article includes discussion and implications for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, Calif 94143-0608, USA. carmen.portillo@nursing.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Carmen J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Portillo
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tom
authors.forename: Kathryn A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miramontes
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011788:Quality of Life; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors