ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERSEPSI DEWASA MUDA HIV DAN AIDS DENGAN SIKAP PENCEGAHAN INFEKSI OPORTUNISTIK DI KELOMPOK DUKUNGAN SEBAYA

• Main Author: LILIS ERNAWATI, 131311133068
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: HV1421-1441 Young adults. Youth. Teenagers
• Online Access: http://repository.unair.ac.id/77771/1/abstrak.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/77771/2/full%20text.pdf; http://repository.unair.ac.id/77771/; http://lib.unair.ac.id
• Institution: Universitas Airlangga

Introduction: Young adults with HIV and AIDS as one of the groups that posses high risk of it. Unfavorable perception in young adult can affect stressor received by people living with HIV and can exacerbate stress experienced by people living with HIV, so that body immunity decreases that people living with HIV get easily infected by HIV. The purpose of this study was to examine factors related to the perceptions of young adult suffering from HIV and AIDS and the prevention of opportunistic infections in peer support groups. Method: This research uses descriptive analytic design with cross sectional approach The population observed in this study is young adults with HIV and AIDS in the Mahameru Peer Support Group Surabaya. The sample of this research is 42 respondents selected using purposive sampling technique. Independent variable in this research is perception of people living with HIV which includes perception of susceptibility, perception of seriousness, perception of advantages, perception of obstacles, perception of confidence, and perception of threat. Dependent variable in this research is attitude of prevention of opportunistic infection. The data for this was collected using questionnaires and analyzed using Spearman Rank Correlation test with significance of <0.05. Result: The results obtained in this study by Spearman Rank Correlation test are as the following: perception of susceptibility is (p=0,000; r=-0,525); perception of seriousness is (p=0,037, r=0.323); perception of advantages is (p=0,000, r=-0.670); perception of obstacles is (p=0,000, r=0.633); perception of self-confidence is (p=0,000, r=0.898); and perception of threat is (p = 0,000; r = 0.947). Analyze and Discussion: Perceptions of susceptibility, seriousness, advantages, obstacles, confidence, and threats associated with opportunistic infection prevention attitudes and perceptions of threats are the dominant factors associated with opportunistic infection prevention attitudes in this study. The next research is expected to be able to develop this research by involving more respondents and providing an indepth education about AIDS so that the attitudes of people living with HIV on prevention of opportunistic infections can be better than before.