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Friday E Okwaraji
Friday E Okwaraji
College of Medicine,
Enugu Campus
Nigeria
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Research Article
Personality Traits, Loneliness and Mental Health among HIV Clinic Attendees in a Nigerian Tertiary Health Institution
Author(s): Friday E Okwaraji, Onyebueke GC and Emmanuel N AguwaFriday E Okwaraji, Onyebueke GC and Emmanuel N Aguwa
Background:Personality traits, loneliness and mental health are conditions often evaluated in patients with chronic, disabling or stigmatizing conditions. These conditions contribute to the health seeking behavior and outcome of management of diseases especially in stigmatizing illnesses like HIV/AIDS. This study therefore assessed the prevalence of personality traits, loneliness and mental health among HIV/AIDS clinic attendees in a Nigerian tertiary health institution. Method: The general health questionnaire (GHQ-12), the Big Five Personality Inventory and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) loneliness scale, version 3, were used to assess a total of 310 HIV/AIDS clinic attendees in a Nigerian tertiary health institution for prevalence of personality traits, loneliness and mental health. Results: The various aspects of personality traits differed in their prevalence. Th.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/Psychiatry.1000216