Coping Styles and Psychosocial-Related Variables in HIV-Infected Patients

Grassi, Luigi; Righi, Roberto; Sighinolfi, Laura; Makoui, Shariar; Ghinelli, F

doi:10.1016/s0033-3182(98)71323-4

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“…Studies have shown that emotional distress and poor socio-economic state affect people's ability to cope with HIV infection. 29 Our Study further showed significant association between depression and anxiety. Such an association looks biologically plausible and so implied also.…”

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A study on depression in people living with HIV/AIDS in South-West part of Uttar Pradesh, India

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2015

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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HIV/AIDS and depression are often thought to be interlinked. HIV positive cases may trigger symptoms of depression which, in turn, may result in risky sexual behavior and spread of HIV. Interviews were conducted in 104 patients of HIV/AIDS at the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Clinic of a teaching hospital in Uttar Pradesh (India) to study depression and examine its prevalence and association, if any, with some socio-demographic and clinical variables. The tools used to assess anxiety and depression and their severities were General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) 28 and Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) . The majority of patients were of age 35 years & above (62%), males (67%), married (85%), Hindus (88%), literate (73.1%), unemployed (35%) and of upper-lower socio-economic status (52%). Significant association of depression was found with religion, occupation and socio-economic status. Depression and anxiety were also found to be significantly associated with each other. There was, however, no association of depression with respondents' age, gender, marital status, education, habitat, income, duration of illness from HIV/AIDS and the CD4 count. The high prevalence rate (67.3%) of depression amongst HIV patients in our study may be taken as marker to alert Counsellors of country's ART Clinics for possible risk of depression in HIV patients. The above findings however, should be interpreted in the light of the fact that a parallel control group in the study was not included, studied sample was not large enough and the tools used to study the subjects for depression and anxiety were not adequately standardized.

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A study on depression in people living with HIV/AIDS in South-West part of Uttar Pradesh, India

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Verma

2015

SE Asia J. Pub. Health

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“…However, when disclosure is concealed due to overwhelming fear of stigmatization, even among individual and the hospital workers, HIV positive patients tend to develop alternative coping strategy, non-disclosure, which to them is more psychologically beneficial [106,107] with the tendency for a rebound negative effect on the burden of global HIV infection.…”

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“…This often worsens the prognosis of these illnesses, due to inadequate management with eventual high mortality rates. Late recognition of psychiatric disorders in HIV and Tuberculosis patients is related, among others, with diminished coping capacity at diagnosis [73,106,117,118] failure at primary prevention, poor antiretroviral and antituberculosis adherence [67,[101][102][103][104] reduced quality of life [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] greater social and emotional burden, overall high healthcare costs, [77,78] and also higher mortality [54,57].…”

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International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences Research

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“…It is important to note however that the MAHIV displays evidence of construct validity. MAHIV scores can distinguish between those with symptoms of psychological distress and those who do not have this (Grassi et al, 1998). The Luganda version of the measure for use in areas of Uganda has been used and shows an increased risk for suicidality (aOR 2.54, 95% CI 0.93-6.93) amongst those with a negative coping style (Kinyanda et al, 2012).…”

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