Relationships among COVID-19 phobia, health anxiety, and social relations in women living with HIV in Iran: A path analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences have caused fear and anxiety worldwide and imposed a significant physical and psychological burden on people, especially women living with HIV (WLHIV). However, WLHIV were not studied as well as others during the pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to determine the relationships between COVID-19 phobia, health anxiety, and social relations in WLHIV.

Materials and methods

This cross-sectional study enrolled 300 WLHIV who had records at the Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data were collected using sociodemographic questionnaire, the fear of COVID-19 scale, the social relations questionnaire, the socioeconomic status scale and the health anxiety inventory. Path-analysis was used

SUBMITTER: Aliverdi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9531807 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature