Investigation on perceived discrimination and its influencing factors among people living with HIV/AIDS / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the perceived discrimination and its influencing factors among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).Methods PLWHA subjects met the criteria and treated in the Second Hospital of Nanjing were enrolled in this study.Self-designed questionnaire was adapted to investigate PL-WHA subjects for sociodemographic data,and the perceived discrimination was investigated via the the modified HIV stigma scale-revision scale.Results A total of 465 PLWHA subjects were investigated,the average age was (37.22±12.01) years old,and most of them were male (95.1％).50.3％ of the PLWHA subjects were homosexual,24.5％ of them were bisexual/unsure.The average score of perceived discrimination was (81.25±12.69) points,25.2％ (117 cases) of the PLWHA subjects had high level of perceived discrimination (≥88 points),74.8％ (348 cases) of them had low level of perceived discrimination (＜88 points).The multi-ple regression analysis showed that marital status,sexual orientation,social support and self-esteem were influencing factors for perceived discrimination.Conclusion Perceived discrimination commonly exists in PL-WHA subjects,and is influenced by many social and psychological factors.