Perceptions of multiple chronic conditions and coping strategies among migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa living in France with diabetes mellitus and HIV: An interview-based qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Although diabetes is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), few data exists on how migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) experience living with these two coexisting conditions in France. The objective of this study was to analyze perception of polypathology among PLWHA from SSA with type 2 diabetes and identify barriers and facilitators to their self-management. A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews from November 2019 to April 2020 with participants selected from a cohort of PLWHA and diabetes at Avicenne University Hospital. A total of 12 semi-structured interviews were conducted and analyzed using thematic analysis with inductive approach. Stigma remained a major issue in self-managing HIV, and some participants did not consider themselves as havi

SUBMITTER: de Monteynard S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10237665 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature