Abstract
Purpose of the study The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of dispositional optimism (defined as an inclination to anticipate the best possible outcome), perceived health competence (defined as the perceptions related to exercising control over a particular problem or in a specific situation) and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in highly antiretroviral-experienced patients who had survived the pre-HAART era, as well as to establish the possible relationships between these psychological variables and adherence.
Highlights
Abstracts of the Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1758-2652-11-S1-info.pdf
CR Fumaz*1, JA Muñoz-Moreno2, MJ Ferrer1, N Pérez-Álvarez3, J Moltó1 and Address: 1HIV Unit-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital-Lluita contra la Sida Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 2HIV Unit-Lluita contra la Sida Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Lluita contra la Sida Fdn-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain and 4HIV Unit-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital-IrsiCaixa Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of dispositional optimism, perceived health competence and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in highly antiretroviral-experienced patients who had survived the pre-HAART era, as well as to establish the possible relationships between these psychological variables and adherence
Summary
Dispositional optimism, perceived health competence and adherence in highly antiretroviral-experienced patients. Address: 1HIV Unit-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital-Lluita contra la Sida Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 2HIV Unit-Lluita contra la Sida Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain, 3Lluita contra la Sida Fdn-Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain and 4HIV Unit-Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital-IrsiCaixa Fdn, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain. Published: 10 November 2008 Journal of the International AIDS Society 2008, 11(Suppl 1):P171 doi:10.1186/1758-2652-11-S1-P171. Abstracts of the Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection Meeting abstracts – A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1758-2652-11-S1-info.pdf
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