Authors : Sri Sunaringsih Ika Wardojo and Rakhmad Rosadi
Abstract: This study aimed to identify the effectiveness of religion as therapy for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Malang, Indonesia. It was quasi experimental study which comprises two groups namely experimental and control groups. The experimental group received intensive religion program for 6 month while control group didn’t receive any intervention. The population of this study were 7.650 male and female adults (18-40 year old) who diagnosed with HIV during 2012-2014 and registered in Health Department of Malang. The sample were 100 respondents and it’s divided into 50 respondents on the experimental groups and 50 respondents on the control groups. Simple random sampling technique were used in this study. Instrument used were PSS-10, a validated questionnaire developed by Cohen to assess psychological condition (state anxiety, trait anxiety and HIV-related symptomatology) of the respondents between these groups. While, descriptive statistic and Independent t-test were used to analyse the data. As a result, there were significance difference between the outcome of these two groups (p<α). It shown that state anxiety, trait anxiety and HIV-related symptomatology in the experimental groups have been minimized greater than the control groups, after religion intervention program were given.In other words, religion has been effectively used as a therapy for PLHIV in Malang, Indonesia.
Sri Sunaringsih Ika Wardojo and Rakhmad Rosadi, 2017. The Effectiveness of Religion as Therapy for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) in Malang Indonesia. Research Journal of Medical Sciences, 11: 58-61.