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| Emotional social support and access to care among older people living with HIV in rural China | | Author(s) | Chunqing Lin, Li Li, Guoping Ji, Wu Jie |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 30, no 10, October 2015 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, October 2015 |
| Pages | pp 1041-1047 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | AIDS ; Ageing process ; Services ; Informal care ; Social inclusion ; Rural areas ; China. |
| Annotation | Globally the number of older people living with HIV (PLH) is growing. Furthermore older PLH are facing particular challenges related to accessing health care. The objective of this study was to investigate the older PLH's access to care and its relationship to emotional and tangible social support. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 225 PLH who were 50 years of age or older in Anhui, China. A computer-assisted personal interview was used to collect the participants' demographic characteristics, perceived health status and access to care. The following two dimensions of social support were measured: emotional support and tangible support. The association between emotional/tangible support and access to care was calculated using Pearson's/point-biserial correlations and with multiple linear regression. Higher tangible support was reported by the participants who were married or living with a partner, those who had higher annual income levels and those with better perceived health status. Emotional support was correlated with higher education, higher income and better perceived health status. Multiple regression analyses showed that access to care was significantly associated with emotional support but not with tangible support. These findings point to the importance of providing emotional support for older PLH. It is suggested that emotional support should be provided for older PLH in addition to tangible assistance in order to engage them in treatment and care. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-151013204 A |
| Classmark | CQTT: BG: I: P6: RNA: RL: 7DC |
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