eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease 2333-1275 2014-02-18 2 1 47 51 10.12691/ajeid-2-1-9 AJEID2014219 article Banafsheh Moradmand-Badie 1 2 Saeedeh Moayedi-Nia 2 Maryam Foroughi 2 Masoumeh Dejman 3 Rana Nikzad 3 Maryam Akhlaghkhah 3 Mehrnaz Rasoolinejad mehrnaz_rn@yahoo.com 3 Lillian Mwanri 3 Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran Social Determinants of Health Research Centre, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran The main objective of this current study is to provide information about HIV positive patients' experiences toward realizing HIV test results by using qualitative method. Ten HIV positive patients participated in30- to 60-min semi-structure interviews which involved open ended questions. Five main codes were identified. The findings revealed reasons for HIV testing including: emotional reactions in time of realizing HIV status, physical reactions towards understanding of HIV status, mitigating factors, aggravating factors. Based on the findings of this study, it is suggested that HIV service providers should consider post -test counseling for HIV positive patients. This counseling might be more helpful when done by a HIV specialist and trained HIV positive patients. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajeid/2/1/9/ajeid-2-1-9.pdf HIV positive patients experiences HIV test