A comparative study of frustration among urban and rural HIV/AIDS patients

Psychology

The objectives of the present study were to examine the level of frustration among HIV/AIDS patients with reference to the effect of gender, residential areas and stages of HIV infection. The data were obtained from 360 HIV/AIDS patients with 2x2x3 factorial research design where area, gender and stages of HIV infection were taken as independent variables and frustration was a dependent variable. The personal data sheet and reaction to frustration scale (RFS) was used to collect required data for the study. The results of study indicated that the level of frustration was higher among female patients than male. The patients of urban area were reported with higher level of frustration in compare to rural area’s patients and the patients of last phase/stage of HIV infection were observed with high level of frustration than two other stages patients. The gender and stages of HIV infection had a significant relationship with reference to the level of frustration.

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