Psychological Distress And Coping Mechanisms Of Adolcents Living With Hiv In Black Lion Hospital Art Clinic Phenomenological Study.

Introduction rnHIV targets immune system and weakens people’s defence against many infections. Adolescentrnage looked as a transitional period between childhood and adulthood and pass through deferentrnperiods during this time of transition. Thus, as they are passing through this phase ofrndevelopment they faced different challenges as a result of being diagnosed as having HIV. rnMethod rnThe phenomenological design from qualitative approach was used in order to get therninformation. Ten respondents participated in the current study. Data was collected by using semirnstructured interview and analyzed by applying thematic analysis. rnResult rnTen participants involved in the study. Five of them were male and the rest of the participantsrnwere female. Respondents age range from 15-18 years. The result showed that mostrnprominently, fear of stigma leads majority of respondents to keep quiet about their healthrncondition and this in return help them to mitigate the psychological distressed. Other than this,rnthe finding also involved on showing different associated factors, social support and ways ofrncoping related to their health. rnConclusion rnPeople have fear of disclosure about their HIV status as a result of fear of stigma. Furthermore, rnlimited social awareness and ongoing drug adherence routine are also associated factors that addrnto the psychological distress.

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