title: Religious and spiritual coping in people living with HIV/Aids.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  evaluate the religiosity and the religious/spiritual coping of people living with HIV/Aids.
  
  
  METHODS
  descriptive, cross-sectional study with quantitative approach, conducted in a reference HIV/Aids outpatient clinic in a university hospital of Recife-PE, Brazil, from June to November 2015. At total of 52 people living with HIV/Aids (PLWHA) participated in the research, which employed own questionnaire, the Duke University Religion Index (DUREL), and the Religious/Spiritual Coping Scale (RCOPE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  the sample presented high indices of organizational religiosity (4.23±1.66), non-organizational religiosity (4.63±1.50), and intrinsic religiosity (13.13±2.84). Positive RCOPE was used in high mean scores (3.66±0.88), and negative RCOPE had low use (2.12 ± 0.74). In total, use of RCOPE was high (3.77±0.74), having predominated the positive RCOPE (NegRCOPE/PosRCOPE ratio=0.65±0.46).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  it is evident the importance of encouraging religious activity and RCOPE strategies, seen in the past as inappropriate interventions in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Associate Program in Postgraduate Program Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Clarissa Mourão
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pinho
authors.affiliation: Residency Program in Nursing, University Hospital Oswaldo Cruz, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno Felipe Remigio
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Dâmaso
authors.affiliation: Associate Program in Postgraduate Program Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Tavares
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria de Fátima Cordeiro
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Trajano
authors.affiliation: Associate Program in Postgraduate Program Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Sandra
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Associate Program in Postgraduate Program Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Nossa Senhora das Graças, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marília Perrelli
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Valença
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D029181:Spirituality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires