The Influence of Stress Management Training In HIV Disease
Nursing ResearchPublished 1 July 1996
Nancy L. McCain, Janice M. Zeller, David Cella, Pamela A. Urbanski, Richard M. Novak
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A pretest-posttest design was used to compare the effectiveness of a 6-week stress management training program with standard outpatient care for 45 men with HIV disease, indicating that stress managementTraining may have buffered illness-related psychological distress over time.
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A pretest-posttest design (with a 6-week wait-list control and a 6-month comparison group) was used to compare the effectiveness of a 6-week stress management training program with standard outpatient care for 45 men with HIV disease. Outcomes included stress levels, coping patterns, quality of life, psychological distress, illness-related uncertainty, and CD4+ T-lymphocyte levels. At 6 weeks, intervention was associated with increases in the emotional well-being dimension of quality of life. After 6 months, the intervention group had a relative decline in HIV-related intrusive thinking, indicating that stress management training may have buffered illness-related psychological distress over time.
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