• closedAccess   A Spanish Study on Psychological Predictors of Quality of Life in People with HIV 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gómez Martínez, Sandra; Fumaz, Carmina R.; González García, Marian; Remor Bitencourt, Eduardo; Fuster Ruiz de Apodaca, María José Springer (2016-02)
      In Spain little research has focused on assessment of health indicators, both physical and psychological, in people living with HIV. The aim of this study is to evaluate a set of different indicators that allow us to ...
    • openAccess   Factors Associated with Condom Use in Anal Intercourse Among Spanish Men Who Have Sex with Men: Proposal for an Explanatory Model 

      Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Gil-Llario, MD; Fernádez-García, Olga; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Springer (2021-12)
      Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for more than half of the new HIV diagnoses in Spain. This study aims to carry out a descriptive analysis of the sexual practices and frequency of condom use of MSM and identify the ...
    • openAccess   Factors Associated with Condom Use in Vaginal Intercourse Among Spanish Heterosexual and Bisexual Men 

      Morell-Mengual, Vicente; Gil-Llario, MD; Ruiz-Palomino, Estefania; Castro-Calvo, Jesús; Ballester-Arnal, Rafael Springer (2022)
      Introduction In Spain, the sexual route is the main route of transmission in new HIV diagnoses. Men who have heterosexual relations are the second group with the highest incidence of new HIV cases and have the highest ...
    • openAccess   El rol de la preocupación por la salud en la prevención del VIH 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Ruiz-Palomino, Estefania; Gil-Llario, MD; Giménez-García, Cristina; GIL JULIA, BEATRIZ Sociedad Española Interdisciplinar del Sida (Seisida) (2013-05)
      Desde una perspectiva clínica se entiende la preocupación como una tendencia general o un rasgo que cumple un importante papel en los procesos emocionales (Meyer, Miller, Metzger y Borkovec, 1990). El polo no patológico ...
    • openAccess   The Virus that Changed Spain: Impact of COVID-19 on People with HIV 

      Ballester-Arnal, Rafael; Gil-Llario, MD Springer (2020-11)
      Following the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan in December 2019, where Chinese authorities confirmed 41 cases detected between December 8 and January 2, 2020, the city stopped reporting cases until January 19, when 17 ...