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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
Levels of anxiety and depression were assessed for 207 HIV seropositive homosexual/bisexual men (AIDS = 34, ARC = 72, asymptomatic HIV infection = 101), and 36 seronegative controls. Lymphocyte subset enumeration, history of opportunistic infections, and occurrence of HIV-related symptoms were recorded at the time of assessment. No differences between groups were found on age, educational level, state/trait anxiety or depression scores. Neither the number of symptoms reported, their duration, severity, frequency of occurrence, nor the proportion of patients who reported a specific symptom was different between the three HIV seropositive groups. Severity of anxiety and depression was related to the magnitude of symptomatology, but not associated with either degree of immunodeficiency, number of opportunistic infections or diagnostic group. Principal component analysis extracted five symptom factors (cognitive, affective, psychosocial, neurological and physical), none of which predicted state anxiety scores. However, affective and psychosocial symptom factors predicted trait anxiety and depression scores. The results indicate that ratings of anxiety and depression are independent of stage of HIV infection, may be in part mediated by constitutional and physical symptoms of HIV disease, but are primarily associated with the presence of psychological and psychosocial symptoms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0004-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
560-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Anxiety, depression and HIV related symptomatology across the spectrum of HIV disease.
pubmed:affiliation
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article