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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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Main Authors: Othman, Zahiruddin, Fadzil, Nor Asyikin, Zakaria, Rahimah, Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed, Husain, Maruzairi
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Published: International Digital Organization for Scientific Information (IDOSI) 2015
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RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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spelling my.usm.eprints.44321 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
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topic RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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
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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author Othman, Zahiruddin
Fadzil, Nor Asyikin
Zakaria, Rahimah
Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed
Husain, Maruzairi
author_facet Othman, Zahiruddin
Fadzil, Nor Asyikin
Zakaria, Rahimah
Jaapar, Sharifah Zubaidiah Syed
Husain, Maruzairi
author_sort Othman, Zahiruddin
title 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_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_sort religiosity in malay patients with hiv/aids: correlation with emotional distress
publisher International Digital Organization for Scientific Information (IDOSI)
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.usm.my/44321/1/MEJSR%202015%3B23%282%29170-4%20Religiosity.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/44321/
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