background: hiv/aids patients are mainly hospitalized for hiv-related diseases and opportunistic infections. thisstudy was performed todetermine thecauses ofhospitalization and its related factors in hiv/aids patients in tehran’s imam khomeini hospital during 2009-2012. methods: thisstudy wasa descriptive cross-sectionalstudy . hiv patients admitted to the imam khomeini hospital were included i...

the number of sexual transmission of hiv is increasing globally. sexual and reproductive health (srh) issues and hiv/aids related problems are rooted in common grounds such as poverty, gender inequality, and social exclusion. as a result, international health organizations have suggested the integration of srh services with hiv/aids services as a strategy to control hiv and to improve people’s ...

conclusions stigma and discrimination play an important role in patients' lives and hinder them from accessing the treatment. the patients' responses to this event by secrecy strategy can be an important factor in the disease prevalence. results the experiences of patients with hiv/aids from stigma and discrimination led to exploring three main themes and nine subthemes. the main themes were mu...

Dermatological disorders are among the most prevalent manifestations of HIV infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). In this review, we aimed to characterize various dermatologic presentations HIV-infected patients with a detailed categorization mucocutaneous signs and symptoms, their etiopathogenic factors, clinical management. fact, cutaneous quite various, ranging from AIDS-speci...

Background: Oral lesions are among the earliest clinical manifestations of human immunodeficiency (HIV) infection and are important in early diagnosis and for monitoring the progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral lesions and their relationship with a number of factors in HIV/AIDS patients attending an HIV cente...

Background & aim: AIDS is one of the major public health challenges all over the world. Perceived risk is a significant predictor of high-risk behaviors related to AIDS. Women constitute more than half of the HIV patients, and the rate of female sex workers with AIDS is more than the rest of female population. Therefore, the present study aimed to evaluate AIDS risk perception and its related f...

background: acquired immunodeficiency may impose considerable consequences on patients’ family behaviors toward them. the objective of the present study was to investigate whether a counseling program atbehavioralcounselingcenter in the city ofshiraz,iran could change the attitude, knowledge and behavior of patients' family members.   methods: 125 hiv/aids patients’ family members were intervie...

The function of nursing management, especially the planning head room, is important to realize quality services, in treatment patients with HIV/AIDS. purpose this study was determine relationship between room HIV/AIDS dr. H. Soewondo Kendal. This a sample 58 people used descriptive correlation design cross sectional approach, using bivariate analysis Spearman Rank test. results showed that ther...