Abstract:
The objective of this research were to study (1) the adaptation of people infected with HIV
and (2) to determine factors that influence the adaptation of people infected with HIV in the Lower South
of Thailand. Participants were HIV-infect people who registered at a one hospital in the Lower south of
Thailand and 183 cases were systematic sampling to participate in this study. Data were collected by
severity of the disease questionnaire and self-confidence on their health, patience to illness questionnaire,
self-esteem Questionnaire, Social Support Questionnaire and Adaptation Questionnaire. Content validity
of all questionnaires was approved by five experts, and reliability was approved by cronbachs alpha
coefficient. Descriptive statistics were utilized to describe the findings. Pearson product moment was
utilized the relationships among variables and multiple regression was utilized to describe the factors
influenced the adaptation of HIV-infect people.
The results showed that
1. The adaptability of people infected with HIV are at moderate scores.
2. Duration of HIV infection and severity of the disease were statistically negative correlate
with the adaptation at p-value <.05. Self-confidence on their health, patience to illness, self-esteem and
social support were statistically positive correlate with the adaptation at p-value<.05. Factors influencing
the adaptation of HIV-inflect people were self-confidence, self-esteem, and severity of the disease in
which all these variables together can statistically predict the adaptation at 52.6%
Adaptation of the infectious HIV = 0.446 (self-confidence) +0.332 (Self-Esteem) - 0.229
(Severity of the disease).