Document 0552
 DOCN  M9490552
 TI    Coping style in relation to the consumption of factor concentrate in
       HIV-infected hemophiliacs during the years after their infection became
       known.
 DT    9411
 AU    Blomkvist V; Theorell T; Jonsson H; Schulman S; Berntorp E; Stiegendal
       L; National Institute of Psychosocial Factors and Health, Stockholm,;
       Sweden.
 SO    Psychother Psychosom. 1994;61(3-4):205-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94345039
 AB    A psychosocial investigation offered to all HIV-infected men with
       moderately severe or severe hemophilia in Sweden was made in 1986. Most
       of these men had been infected in the years 1980-1984 and told about
       their own infection in 1985. A noninfected group of hemophiliacs was
       used as a reference group in the psychosocial investigation. A
       psychosocial prognosis was made on the basis of the coping style
       observed by means of the Coping Wheel. Among subjects who showed
       evidence of a passive-pessimistic copying style, there was a significant
       decrease in the number of factor concentrate units received in 1987 and
       1988. Among subjects in the group with a more active-optimistic coping
       style, there was a tendency of increasing the use of factor concentrate
       during the years after the HIV-infection became known. This result
       indicates that awareness of HIV-infection may influence specific
       hemophilia behavior among subjects with passive-depressed copying style.
 DE    *Adaptation, Psychological  Adult  Blood Coagulation
       Factors/*THERAPEUTIC USE  Hemophilia/BLOOD/DRUG THERAPY/*PSYCHOLOGY
       Human  HIV Infections/BLOOD/*PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  HIV
       Seropositivity/PSYCHOLOGY  Internal-External Control  Male  *Sick Role
       Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Sweden  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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