TY - JOUR
T1 - HIV-Related Internalized Stigma and Patient Health Engagement Model in an Italian Cohort of People Living With HIV
AU - Massaroni, Valentina
AU - Delle Donne, Valentina
AU - Ciccarelli, Nicoletta
AU - Lombardi, Francesca
AU - Lamonica, Silvia
AU - Borghetti, Alberto
AU - Ciccullo, Arturo
AU - Di Giambenedetto, Simona
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The care engagement of people living with HIV (PLWH) measured with the patient health engagement (PHE) model and its association with HIV-related internalized stigma are not well established. Indeed, currently there are no data yet about the engagement of PLWH measured with the PHE model. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of HIV-related internalized stigma on care engagement and mental health and to fill the lack of data on PHE model applied to PLWH. We found that the internalized stigma score was significantly higher for PLWH (n=82) in worse care engagement phase and both higher internalized stigma scores and worse engagement were associated to major depression symptoms.In conclusion, our findings describe for the first time the engagement in care of PLWH measured with PHE and highlight the importance of PLWH support to find strategies to cope stigma-related stress and optimize their care engagement.
AB - The care engagement of people living with HIV (PLWH) measured with the patient health engagement (PHE) model and its association with HIV-related internalized stigma are not well established. Indeed, currently there are no data yet about the engagement of PLWH measured with the PHE model. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of HIV-related internalized stigma on care engagement and mental health and to fill the lack of data on PHE model applied to PLWH. We found that the internalized stigma score was significantly higher for PLWH (n=82) in worse care engagement phase and both higher internalized stigma scores and worse engagement were associated to major depression symptoms.In conclusion, our findings describe for the first time the engagement in care of PLWH measured with PHE and highlight the importance of PLWH support to find strategies to cope stigma-related stress and optimize their care engagement.
KW - HIV infection
KW - engagement
KW - health care
KW - patient health engagement model
KW - stigma
KW - HIV infection
KW - engagement
KW - health care
KW - patient health engagement model
KW - stigma
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/193201
U2 - 10.1177/00332941211057142
DO - 10.1177/00332941211057142
M3 - Article
SN - 0033-2941
SP - N/A-N/A
JO - Psychological Reports
JF - Psychological Reports
ER -
