Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress
Religion promotes better health behavior, including less drug use and safer sexual practices. A total of 100 (60 males, 40 females) Malay Muslim HIV/AIDS patients were recruited in this study. Religiosity, emotional distress and stigma were measured using Hatta Islamic Religiosity Scale (HIRS), De...
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| author | Othman, Zahiruddin Fadzil, Nor Asyikin Zakaria, Rahimah Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed Husain, Maruzairi |
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| description | Religion promotes better health behavior, including less drug use and safer sexual practices. A total
of 100 (60 males, 40 females) Malay Muslim HIV/AIDS patients were recruited in this study. Religiosity,
emotional distress and stigma were measured using Hatta Islamic Religiosity Scale (HIRS), Depression Anxiety
and Stress Scales (DASS)-21 and HIV Stigma Scale (HSS), respectively. It was found depression, anxiety and
stress occurred in 28%, 6% and 2% of all subjects. Female were significantly more depressed than male subjects
(P=0.006). Islamic practice was significantly higher in male subject (P<0.001). The Islamic religious practice was
correlated with lower emotional distress; depression (r= -0.31, P= 0.016), anxiety (r= -0.25, P= 0.012) and stress
(r= -0.28, P=0.015). Islamic religious knowledge was fairly correlated with disclosure concern (r=0.25, P=0.003).
In conclusion, lower emotional distress was correlated with Islamic religious practice but not knowledge.
Therefore, it is important to ensure improvement of Islamic practice in rehabilitation programs of HIV/AIDS
patients |
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| spelling | usm-443212019-05-13T07:29:19Z http://eprints.usm.my/44321/ Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress Othman, Zahiruddin Fadzil, Nor Asyikin Zakaria, Rahimah Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed Husain, Maruzairi RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Religion promotes better health behavior, including less drug use and safer sexual practices. A total of 100 (60 males, 40 females) Malay Muslim HIV/AIDS patients were recruited in this study. Religiosity, emotional distress and stigma were measured using Hatta Islamic Religiosity Scale (HIRS), Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS)-21 and HIV Stigma Scale (HSS), respectively. It was found depression, anxiety and stress occurred in 28%, 6% and 2% of all subjects. Female were significantly more depressed than male subjects (P=0.006). Islamic practice was significantly higher in male subject (P<0.001). The Islamic religious practice was correlated with lower emotional distress; depression (r= -0.31, P= 0.016), anxiety (r= -0.25, P= 0.012) and stress (r= -0.28, P=0.015). Islamic religious knowledge was fairly correlated with disclosure concern (r=0.25, P=0.003). In conclusion, lower emotional distress was correlated with Islamic religious practice but not knowledge. Therefore, it is important to ensure improvement of Islamic practice in rehabilitation programs of HIV/AIDS patients International Digital Organization for Scientific Information (IDOSI) 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44321/1/MEJSR%202015%3B23%282%29170-4%20Religiosity.pdf Othman, Zahiruddin and Fadzil, Nor Asyikin and Zakaria, Rahimah and Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed and Husain, Maruzairi (2015) Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 23 (2). pp. 170-174. ISSN 1990-9233 https://www.idosi.org/mejsr/mejsr23(2)15.htm |
| spellingShingle | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Othman, Zahiruddin Fadzil, Nor Asyikin Zakaria, Rahimah Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed Husain, Maruzairi Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title | Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title_full | Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title_fullStr | Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title_short | Religiosity in Malay Patients with HIV/AIDS: Correlation with Emotional Distress |
| title_sort | religiosity in malay patients with hiv/aids: correlation with emotional distress |
| topic | RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
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