Exercise Therapy With Telerehabilitation in Patients Living With HIV

Investigation of the Effectiveness of Biopsychosocial Exercise Therapy Approach With Telerehabilitation in Patients Living With HIV

To investigate the effectiveness of the Biopsychosocial Exercise Therapy Approach (BETY) approach with the Telerehabilitation in patients living with HIV (PLWH).

55 individuals living with HIV (PLWH) were included in the study. Among those individuals, 25 individuals who volunteer to exercise with telerehabilitation will be grouped in the telerehabilitation group. The rest of the individuals who do not participate in the exercise group will be in the control group.

Group 1: Telerehabilitation group: Individuals in the telerehabilitation group attend sessions that last for one and a half hours, 3 days a week for 12 weeks, in the company of an investigator over the videoconference through zoom. The investigator, who provides supervision during the sessions, also participates in the exercises simultaneously.

Group 2: Control group: Individuals in the control group continue their routine drugs.

Both the telerehabilitation exercise group and the control group continue their drug treatments during the 12 weeks of the period.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients living with HIV (PLWH),
• Ages between 18 and 65 years old,
• Participants attend and follow instructions through telerehabilitation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants who use recreational drugs
• Participants who do not adapt to the exercises through telerehabilitation,
• Participants who did not agree to be volunteers are not included in our study.