Context counts: Investigating pain management interventions in HIV-positive men living in a rural area
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Context counts: Investigating pain management interventions in HIV-positive men living in a rural area | |
| Creator | Reardon, Cameron Wadley, Antonia Parker, Romy | |
| Description | Background: Pain remains a prevalent and burdensome complaint for people living with human immunodeficiency virus and/or aquired immunodeficiency syndrome (LWHA). Positive Living (PL), a multimodal pain intervention, reduced pain in female South Africans LWHA. We investigated the efficacy of the PL programme in South African males living with human immunodeficiency virus and/or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (MLWA) in a rural community.Aim: To determine the effects of a multimodal pain intervention in MLWHA.Setting: Various primary care clinics in Manguzi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa.Methodology: Therapeutic relationship (TR) intervention alone or in combination with the PL programme were allocated to HIV-positive men between the ages of 18–40. Pain intensity and interference were the primary outcome measures. Secondary outcome measures included physical function, health-related quality of life, depressive symptoms and self-efficacy.Results: Forty-seven men (mean age 35 ± 3 years) were recruited with baseline mean pain severity of 5.02 (± 3.01) and pain interference of 4.6 (± 3.18). Nineteen men were allocated to the TR intervention alone, 28 were allocated to the TR intervention and PL programme. Attendance at the intervention sessions varied from 10% to 36%. No changes in any outcomes were recorded.Conclusion: Poor attendance at the intervention and follow-up sessions make these results an unreliable reflection of the intervention. Contextual factors including internal migration and issues around employment were identified. These may influence healthcare utilisation for MLWHA living in rural settings.Contribution: Unmet healthcare needs of MLWHA in a rural community have been identified. If we are to ‘leave no one behind’, healthcare interventions should account for context and be ‘rural-proofed’. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-05-09 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/phcfm.v15i1.3678 | |
| Source | African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine; Vol 15, No 1 (2023); 11 pages 2071-2936 2071-2928 | |
| Language | eng | |
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