Weighing Distress

Decision-Making Surrounding Management of the Pregnancy Experience Among HIV-Infected Thai Women

Bibliographic Data

ID15217944
AuthorsSununta Youngwanichsetha (Prince of Songkla University, corresponding author), Sang‐arun Isaramalai (0000-0001-5614-5952, Prince of Songkla University), Sangarun Isaramalai, Praneed Songwathana (0000-0003-2979-5620, Prince of Songkla University), Wantanee Wiroonpanich (Prince of Songkla University)
Year2010
Volume31
Issue10
Pages902-920
Publication date2010-09-12
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Care For Women International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0739-9332 • E-ISSN: 1096-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07399332.2010.501191
PMID20835940
OpenAlexW2002386407
LanguageEN
References cited18

The researchers conducted this grounded theory study in order to describe the decision making surrounding management of the pregnancy experience of 38 pregnant, HIV-infected Thai women. Data were collected using in-depth interviews and an open-ended questionnaire, and they were analyzed using constant comparative analysis. We found that "weighing distress" was the core category of the decision-making process. The supporting categories were being ambivalent about continuing the pregnancy, exploring alternative options, and selecting the appropriate choice. Health care providers should encourage family members to participate and be involved in the women's decision-making processes

Ambivalence · Distress · Family medicine · Grounded theory · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Pregnancy · Qualitative research · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology

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