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Surgical Research and New Technique ›› 2018, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (4): 292-295.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-378X.2018.04.019

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Qualitative study on marriage experience and treatment of homosexual male patients with AIDS

ZHANG Lin, BAO Meijuan, SUN Meiyan, SUN Wenxiu, LI Ye, XIN Chanying, LU Hongzhou   

  1. 1.Departmen of Nursing, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Shanghai 201508, China;
    2.Department of Infection and Immunology, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center,Shanghai 201508, China;
    3.School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai 200030, China;
    4.Department of Nursing, Yangpu District Yinxing Community Health Service Center,Shanghai 200438, China
  • Received:2018-12-04 Online:2018-12-28 Published:2019-12-09

Abstract: Objective To understand the real life experience of HIV/AIDS infected homosexual males in marriage relationship and receiving anti-viral treatment,in order to provide guidance for better case management.Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted among 10 married AIDS homosexual male patients,and the data were analyzed using Colaizzi phenomenological analysis.Results Finally 5 topics including “shame and self-discrimination”,“worrying about wife and children being infected and discriminated”,“the pressure and hope of marriage for treatment”,“not knowing how to inform disease status to spouse and children”,and “sense of uncertainty towards prognosis”.Conclusion The marriage between a gay and a female brings psychological pressure to AIDS infected gay patients,as well as impacts on their treatment.This group has ethical dilemmas,and their lifestyle affects the spread of diseases.Therefore,trapeted intervention provided by professional medical staff are required.

Key words: AIDS, Male homosexuality, Marriage, Ethics, Treatment, Qualitative study