P K Nicholas

..The purpose of our paper was to describe the degree of social capital in an international sample of adults living with HIV/AIDS...

..Implications for clinical practice include assessment and education of persons with HIV for self-care management of the complex symptom of peripheral neuropathy...

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..With the increasing incidence of colorectal cancer, nurses in rehabilitation practice must address the issues affecting patients with this disease as they progress from diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation...

..312, p = .004) and with lowest CD4 count ( r = -.191, p = .050). The results of the study indicate that quality of life is affected by HIV symptoms and that lipodystrophy-related symptoms may negatively affect quality of life...

..Sources of information included health care providers, informal networks and media sources...

..S., Africa, and Puerto Rico. Baseline data are analyzed to examine differences in the use and efficacy of marijuana as compared with prescribed and over-the-counter medications as well as the impact on adherence and quality of life...

..As access to ARV medications becomes more widely available in South Africa, the question remains as to whether such high adherence will be maintained given the constraints of access to food and other basic necessities...

..55 years and was not related to adherence. Nor did the type of lipodystrophic symptoms affect adherence. Quality of life however, was significantly related to adherence suggesting an approach that might be taken to improve adherence...

..The implications for nursing practice include the assessment and evaluation of nursing interventions related to management strategies for neuropathy...

..To examine cross-cultural measurement of quality of life (QOL) and issues to consider in adapting quality-of-life instruments...

..At the very least, the introduction of palliative care and hospice at the end of life is important to the holistic care of persons living with HIV/AIDS...

..Education of clinicians and individuals living with HIV/AIDS should focus on the assessment, management, and evaluation of weight change during the course of HIV disease...

..Out-patient tuberculosis (TB) clinics in Durban, South Africa...

..Results of the study indicate that clinical interventions, including behavioral-medicine interventions and complementary therapies for persons with HIV/AIDS, can result in greater QOL...

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..Nonetheless, our findings need to be accompanied by the caveat that research on variables of interest, while enriched by a sample obtained from international sites, may not have the same relationships in each country...

..Only by distinguishing fatigue as to its causes and patterns will health care providers be able to intervene specifically and thus more effectively...

..To identify when fatigue is reported as a problem by people who are HIV positive, what the perception of fatigue is, and which self-care behaviors are used and with what efficacy...

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..The information from this study may help health care providers become more aware of self-management strategies that are useful to persons with HIV/AIDS and help them to assist patients in making informed choices...

..Older African Americans, Hispanics, and females were more likely to use prayer as a complementary health strategy for HIV-related anxiety, depression, fatigue, and nausea. Implications for future studies are discussed...

..This article will address a range of issues concerning symptoms in women with HIV both in the U.S. and worldwide...

..The adherent group was more likely to have increased symptoms, more days with nothing to eat, and fewer appointments with their health care provider. Implications for clinical practice and research are discussed...