Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Training for People Living with HIV: A Qualitative 360° Inquiry.

Rochelle K. Rosen; Larissa A McGarrity; Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher; Carla Rich; Aadia Rana; Michael P Carey

doi:10.1007/s10461-017-1857-8

Telephone-Delivered Mindfulness Training for People Living with HIV: A Qualitative 360° Inquiry.

Rochelle K. Rosen, Larissa A McGarrity, Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Carla Rich, Aadia Rana, Michael P Carey

AIDS and behavior November 2017 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1857-8 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics	Qualitative study Peer reviewed
Sample size	25
Population	HIV patients, providers, and advocates
Topics	Meditation
Keywords	Hiv Stress Telephone-delivered intervention
Key findings	Participants understood mindfulness and recognized its potential benefits for stress management and improving medication adherence. Patients preferred the term "mindfulness" to meditation and found telephone delivery appealing, though several challenges were raised. Suggested control topics included nutrition, sleep, and aging.

Abstract

For people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), life stress often undermines quality of life and interferes with medical care. Mindfulness training (MT) may help PLWHA to manage stress. Because standard MT protocols can be burdensome, we explored telephone delivery as a potentially more feasible approach. We used an innovative 360° qualitative inquiry to seek input regarding telephone-delivery of MT for PLWHA in advance of a planned intervention trial. We also sought input on a time- and attention-matched control. Twenty five HIV patients, providers and advocates, were recruited to five focus groups. Participants understood the construct of mindfulness and recognized its potential benefits for stress management and improving medication adherence. Patients preferred the term "mindfulness" to meditation. Telephone-delivery appealed to all patients but several challenges were raised. Topics for the control intervention included nutrition, sleep, and aging. The 360° approach allowed three groups (patients, providers, advocates) to influence intervention development.

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