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Spirituality and Will to Live in Patients With HIV/AIDS

NCT ID: NCT00122902

Last Updated: 2006-08-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

350 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2002-02-28

Study Completion Date

2004-02-29

Brief Summary

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This study is assessing the extent of spirituality in patients with HIV/AIDS and will determine the relationship between spirituality, health status, and the will to live.

Detailed Description

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Approximately 1,000,000 Americans have HIV/AIDS. Although advances in treatment have made HIV/AIDS a relatively manageable chronic disease, the disease can cause significant morbidity and mortality. Surprisingly, research has found that some HIV/AIDS patients feel that their life is better than it was before they had HIV/AIDS. Many of these patients show a strong will to live and often express a preference for longevity over quality of life. Patients who prefer longevity often ascribe their feeling to spiritual growth, or finding a meaning to life. This study is examining the spiritual beliefs of HIV/AIDS patients and will determine the relationship between spirituality, health status, and the will to live.

The study consists of interviews with HIV/AIDS patients from Cincinnati and Washington, D.C. who have been interviewed twice over 12 to 18 months. During the interviews, participants completed self-report scales to assess their quality of life, life satisfaction, concerns about medication, trust in their health care providers, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, optimism, and various clinical and demographic variables. Participants were also asked about their spiritual well-being; spiritual beliefs; spiritual, religious, and social support; and overall functioning.

Conditions

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HIV Infections

Keywords

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HIV AIDS Spirituality

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of HIV or AIDS

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Joel Tsevat, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Locations

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Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Luckhaupt SE, Yi MS, Mueller CV, Mrus JM, Peterman AH, Puchalski CM, Tsevat J. Beliefs of primary care residents regarding spirituality and religion in clinical encounters with patients: a study at a midwestern U.S. teaching institution. Acad Med. 2005 Jun;80(6):560-70. doi: 10.1097/00001888-200506000-00011.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15917361 (View on PubMed)

Yi MS, Luckhaupt S, Mrus JM, Tsevat J. Do medical house officers value the health of veterans differently from the health of non-veterans? Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004 Apr 7;2:19. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-2-19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15070409 (View on PubMed)

Mrus JM, Yi MS, Freedberg KA, Wu AW, Zackin R, Gorski H, Tsevat J. Utilities derived from visual analog scale scores in patients with HIV/AIDS. Med Decis Making. 2003 Sep-Oct;23(5):414-21. doi: 10.1177/0272989X03256884.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 14570299 (View on PubMed)

Mrus JM, Sherman KE, Leonard AC, Sherman SN, Mandell KL, Tsevat J. Health values of patients coinfected with HIV/hepatitis C: are two viruses worse than one? Med Care. 2006 Feb;44(2):158-66. doi: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000197027.06808.e2.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 16434915 (View on PubMed)

Jacobson CJ Jr., Luckhaupt SE, DeLaney S, Tsevat J. Religio-biography, coping, and meaning-making among persons with HIV/AIDS. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 2006;45:39-56.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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R01AT001147-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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