The Effectiveness of Interpersonal Counseling on Social; Emotional and Spiritual Response in HIV/AIDS Patients

DOI

10.2991/icss-19.2019.6How to use a DOI?

Keywords

interpersonal counseling; social response; emotional response; spiritual response; HIV/AIDS patient

Abstract

The approach to PLWHA by providing interpersonal counseling is the right thing to do to overcome psychological problems including social; emotional and spiritual aspects of PLWHA. This study aims to look at the effectiveness of interpersonal counseling on social; emotional and social responses in HIV / AIDS patients. This research design uses quasy experiment design with cross-sectional approach. The population was post-tested and tested positive for HIV in the Kediri region; 178 of them using the cluster random sampling technique. A sample of 64 people was obtained; 32 of which were the treatment group and 32 as the control group. The data collection was carried out after the respondent signed an informed consent. Data on social; emotional and spiritual responses were obtained based on the results of data recapitulation from the instrument in the form of a questionnaire. The results of the study with non-parametric Mann Whitney-U test showed that there were differences between the social responses of HIV / AIDS patients in the group that had been given interpersonal counseling and those not given counseling with p value = 0;000; there was a difference between the emotional response of HIV / AIDS patients in the group Interpersonal counseling has been given and not given counseling with p value = 0;000; and there is a difference between spiritual responses in HIV / AIDS patients who have been given interpersonal counseling and not given counseling with p value = 0;000. It can be concluded that interpersonal counseling is effective to improve social; emotional and spiritual responses of HIV/AIDS patients. It is recommended that the mentoring of HIV /AIDS patients through interpersonal counseling can continue until the patient can accept his condition indicated by positive social; emotional and spiritual responses so as to enhance positive physiological responses that will have an impact on the development of HIV / AIDS.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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