Women living with HIV in Nigeria: Predictive influence of hardiness on perceived stress

Conclusion: The finding of this study that higher hardiness is associated with lower perceived stress suggests the potential helpfulness to women living with HIV of this personality for coping. The finding also suggests that nurses and other health care workers may facilitate the development and/or improvement of hardiness characteristics through cognitive behavioural interventions among women living with HIV to ameliorate HIV-related stress.PMID:33685373 | DOI:10.2989/16085906.2021.1879884
Source: African Journal of AIDS Research - Category: African Health Authors: Source Type: research