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A Thesis
Presented to
The Faculty of the Graduate School
University of the East
Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc.
In partial fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Nursing
By
Sr. Cleofe M. Macalino, SMI, RN
2014
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This thesis hereto entitled:
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CARMELITA R. SALVADOR, MAed
Member
Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in
Nursing major in Adult Health.
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MARIA LUISA T. UAYAN, DHSc, MSN, RN
Program Coordinator MSN/MAN
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GEMILIANO D. ALIGUI, MD, MPH, PhD
Dean Graduate School
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For the people who have made this study possible, first of all I would like to
express my deepest gratitude to Dr. Wilhelmina Z. Atos, my thesis adviser, for her
invaluable guidance, wisdom and genuine support throughout the course of this study.
With heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Carmelita C. Divinagracia, for her encouragement,
trust and confidence in me, and most importantly for allowing me to adapt her
COMPOSURE Behavior Model in my study.
To Dean Gemiliano D. Aligui for his kind understanding and patience, to Dr. Luisa
T. Uayan, for her enthusiasm, concern and generous support, to my thesis panellists:
Dr.Glenda S. Arquiza, Mrs. Norma G. Nastor and Mrs. Carmelita R. Salvador for their
helpful suggestions and expertise, to my professors in the College of Nursing and
Graduate School who inspired and motivated me, for the knowledge shared and lessons
learned from them.
I would like to acknowledge the financial support extended to me by the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
scholarship through the UERM College of Nursing that provided me the necessary
financial support for this research.
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My sincerest thanks to Rev. Fr. Rodolfo Vicente Dan Cancino, MI, Director of St.
Camillus Woodwater Center for Healing and Miss Gerlita Enrera, Social Worker, for the
invaluable help and support extended to me; to Mr. Paul Darren Katigbak and Mr. Sharl
Lucero, Nurse - Research Assistants, for their time and efforts in data collection. I will
always be thankful.
I am truly grateful to all my sisters in the Philippine Delegation for their spiritual
and moral support especially to Sr. Bernadette Faustino and Sr. Liberty Elarmo; to Sr.
Asuncion Gipoleo and to my sisters of OMD community Sr. Veronica Mondia, Sr. Fe
Santos and Sr. Teofanisa Ochavo for their loving presence, care and understanding.
To Sr. Benilda Quimio for allowing me to use the prayer I pray you O Lord
which she composed; for her availability and generosity in translating the questionnaires
in my study thank you so much.
To the positive community who have willingly participated in this study; for their
insightful reflections and sincerity. May this serve as one pathway that will lead them to
embark on a spiritual journey with God.
I would also like to extend my thanks to my classmates and friends in the Graduate
School for the encouragement, suggestions and companion.
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I am most grateful to my parents, my brothers Bong and Jone, and my sisters
Jeannette and Lingling especially to my mother Vicky who is always there for me; for her
selfless love and loving support.
And most importantly to God in whom I dedicate and offer this work, for the gift
of my life and
that I need, and for everything that He has done for me particularly for the people who
were instruments in making this study possible with my deepest gratitude.
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ABSTRACT
Macalino, Cleofe M. (2014) MSN Major in Adult Health. University of the East Ramon
Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. Meditation, Prayer and Presence and its Influence on
Uncertainty, Coping, and Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Persons Living with
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
This study aimed to determine the influence of meditation, prayer, and presence (MPP) to
the adherence of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among the respondents. It specifically
sought to answer the following: the level of uncertainty and adherence before and after
meditation, prayer and presence, the coping styles utilized; relationship between level of
uncertainty, coping styles utilized and adherence to ART; factors that influence level of
uncertainty, coping, and adherence to ART; lastly, relationship between uncertainty and
adherence before and after MPP.
It utilized a quantitative, descriptive correlation method of study. This design is a one
group pretest post test for single group. Sampling method utilized was non-probability
snowball sampling. Sixty (60) persons living with HIV were recruited but only 30 of
them were qualified. St. Camillus Woodwater Center for Healing was the site of the
study. The following were the tools utilized in this study Mishel Uncertainty in Illness
Scale-Community form (MUIS-C), the Jalowiec Coping Scale (JCS) and the Visual
Analogue Scale (VAS). Statistical program system software (SPSS) tool box was the
method of analysis used to obtain statistical
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data. Results shows that there was a slight decrease in the level of uncertainty and a
marked decrease in adherence before and after MPP, coping style most often used was
supportant (mean = 0.53) and coping style used as most effective was optimistic (mean =
0.13). There is a low negative correlation between uncertainty and coping. Gender and
educational background were the factors found to be significant in terms of level of
adherence. There was a significant difference among the three variables between coping
and uncertainty (p-value = 0.033), uncertainty and adherence (p-value = 0.000), coping
and
adherence
(p-value=
0.000)
before
and
after
MPP.
Therefore, the results showed that there is a positive correlation among the three variables
and that the intervening variables - meditation, prayer and presence can influence a
persons perceived uncertainty, coping and degree of adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
Thus meditation prayer and presence can be used as an intervention in clinical settings as
a complementary therapy or as an adjunct to a therapy particularly for ART adherence
among persons with HIV.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Title page
Approval sheets
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Acknowledgements
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Abstract
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Table of Contents
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Appendices
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I.
INTRODUCTION
Theoretical Framework
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II.
Conceptual Framework
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Definition of Terms
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METHODS
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Research Design
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Participants
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Sampling
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Setting
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Measures
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RESULTS
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DISCUSSION
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V.
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CHAPTER V
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Summary of Findings
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Conclusion
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Recommendations
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References
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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