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      Social support and social undermining as explanatory factors for health-related quality of life in people living with HIV/AIDS

      Oetzel, John G.; Wilcox, Bryan; Archiopoli, Ashley; Avila, Magdalena; Hell, Cia; Hill, Ricky; Muhammad, Michael
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       10.1080/10810730.2013.837555
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      Oetzel, J., Wilcox, B., Archiopoli, A., Avila, M., Hell, C., Hill, R., & Muhammad, M. (2014). Social Support and Social Undermining as Explanatory Factors for Health-Related Quality of Life in People Living With HIV/AIDS. Journal of Health Communication, 1-16, published online on 30 January 2014.
      Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8461
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      This study aimed to examine the influence of social support (from personal networks and health care providers) and social undermining (from personal networks) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL; general health perceptions, physical functioning, and depression). Specifically, the authors aimed to identify the nature of the effects (direct, mediating, or moderating) of social support and social undermining on HRQOL. A total of 344 people living with HIV/AIDS and who were patients in a federally funded clinic in New Mexico completed a self-report survey questionnaire. The major findings of this study are the following: (a) social support and social undermining had direct and indirect effects on HRQOL—there was no evidence of a moderating effect of social support and social undermining; (b) for direct effects, social undermining was a stronger predictor of HRQOL than social support with social support variables having positive relations and social undermining variables having negative relations with HRQOL; and (c) for indirect effects, providers' social support partially mediated the influence of unstable employment/unemployment and social undermining on HRQOL.
      Date
      2014
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      Taylor & Francis
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