counseling therapy with hatha yoga on adherence level, nutritional status, and quality of life among hiv-infected adolescents

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.