%0 Journal Article %A Sakthivel, Rajathi %T Counseling Therapy With Hatha Yoga on Adherence Level, Nutritional Status, and Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Adolescents %J Journal of Holistic Nursing And Midwifery %V 33 %N 2 %U http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-2070-en.html %R 10.32598/jhnm.33.2.2339 %D 2023 %K Counseling therapy, Yoga, Adherence level, Nutritional status, Quality of life, HIV, Adolescents, %X Introduction: HIV infection and AIDS are associated with numerous challenges, and infected people experience extreme despair, fear, anxiety, and depression. However, counseling therapy and yoga techniques may help ease stress-related illness, produce internal strength through relaxation, and enhance immunity. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of counseling therapy and Hatha yoga on the adherence level, nutritional status, and quality of life (QOL) of HIV-infected adolescents. Materials and Methods: A randomized controlled trial study was conducted. Through the simple random method, 388 (195 in the experimental and 193 in the control group) HIV-infected adolescents were selected. The data of HIV-infected adolescents and caregivers were collected from four main Antiretroviral Therapy clinics in Chennai, India, through Standardized Antiretroviral Therapy adherence, QOL, and a structured nutritional assessment questionnaire. Motivational counseling was given to the experimental group, and the researcher demonstrated selected asanas. The data were collected from both groups at 0, 3, and 6 months intervals. The descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, and inferential statistics of the student independent t test and Chi-square test were used to determine the effectiveness of interventional variables in both groups. Results: The Mean±SD age of the experimental group of adolescents was 13.6±2.2 years, and that of the control group was 13.8±2.4 years. There is an improvement range in the experimental vs the control group for the components of adherence level (13.4% vs 4.9%) and QOL (15.1% vs 0.9%) at a significance of P=0.001 with a 95% confidence interval. Also, the nutritional gain score was significantly increased to 9.3% vs 1.5% (P=0.05). Regarding CD4 (cluster of differentiation 4) count, the baseline mean score was 664.86 vs 669.72, whereas, in the sixth month, it significantly increased to 840.35 vs 703.35 (P=0.001). Conclusion: Motivational counseling and behavior modification of yoga efficiently improved health status and well-being among HIV-infected adolescents in the experimental group compared to the control group. %> http://hnmj.gums.ac.ir/article-1-2070-en.pdf %P 130-139 %& 130 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1609-2 %+ Professor, Head of Child Health Nursing Department, Hindu Mission College of Nursing, Chennai, Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India %G eng %@ 2588-3712 %[ 2023