Influence of Resentment and Forgivingness on Quality of Life in People Living With HIV

NCT05660148 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: PI2022_843_0010
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 206
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Life stress is strongly associated with poor mental and physical health and its effects explain significant morbidity and mortality. Forgiveness is one of the factors that can influence the effects of stress on health. By definition, forgiveness is the release of negative feelings, emotions, and behaviors - and possibly the release of positive feelings - toward an offender. Numerous studies have shown that forgiveness is associated with several mental and physical health benefits. The literature argues that high levels of propensity to forgive (trait) predispose that person to experience forgiveness (state) more often. In other words, a stronger forgiving disposition is believed to increase the experience of forgiveness, which, in turn, mitigates the negative effects of stress. Forgiveness is therefore a coping style that can play a beneficial role in the stress-health relationship. Patients living with HIV (PLHIV) are patients particularly exposed to stress, not only because of their chronic pathology but also because of the stigma attached to this disease. Very few studies have studied the impact of forgiveness (state or trait) on the physical health of PLHIV and even fewer the impact of an intervention promoting the disposition to forgive. The objective of this prospective observational monocentric study is to show in a very secular country that forgiveness has an effect on well-being as well as on other health parameters.

Conditions

Forgiveness; Hiv; Stress; Stigma; Health

Keywords

Forgiveness; forgivingness; Hiv; Stress; stigma; health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• establishment of correlation between the inclination to forgiveness and the quality of life

  18 months

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients living with HIV (PLHIV) are patients particularly exposed to stress, not only because of their chronic pathology but also because of the stigma attached to this disease.Patients belonging to the PLHIV followed at the Amiens University Hospital, not likely to move within the year

You may qualify if:

• Belonging to the PLHIV followed at the Amiens University Hospital, not likely to move within the year
• Possibility of follow-up in teleconsultation (usual support of the service)
• Benefiting from a social security scheme
• Consent to participate in the research

You may not qualify if:

• Erratic follow-up (non-compliance, predictable move) or moribund patient
• Illiterate or not speaking french

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens: lead

Study Sites (1)

CHU Amiens

Amiens, 80480, France

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Social Stigma

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

HIV Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Slow Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases; Social Behavior; Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Jean-Philippe Lanoix, Pr

CONTACT

03 22 08 80 51; lanoix.jean-philippe@chu-amiens.fr

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 13, 2022
• First Posted: December 21, 2022
• Study Start: December 13, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2024
• Study Completion: June 1, 2024
• Last Updated: September 25, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

FR (1)