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1683342

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
This study evaluated twenty-nine symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-infected homosexual/bisexual men between eighteen and forty-five in the areas of psychiatric/psychosocial, neuropsychological, family, and immunological functioning. The subjects were referred by physicians, nurses, and mental health professionals from the Tulane/Louisiana State University AIDS Clinical Trials Unit and the C-100 outpatient Primary Care Clinic for HIV-infected patients served within the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans. All subjects and their significant others were evaluated between November 1987 and October 1988 at the C-100 Clinic. The outcome measures were mood disturbance, psychological distress, and CD4 cell count. The most significant other family member, as selected by each subject, completed family measures. The subjects experienced psychological distress and neuropsychological problems. Active-behavioral coping appeared adaptive (related to enhanced mood) as did perceived social support (related to positive mood and lower psychological distress). Higher levels of neuropsychological functioning (verbal memory, visual memory, motor speed, and visual-motor sequencing) were associated with enhanced psychosocial functioning and/or immunological status. The findings from this study highlight the importance of conducting longitudinal studies using a multidimensional approach in which HIV-infected persons and their most significant other family members are evaluated within a biopsychosocial model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0091-2174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
263-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
A biopsychosocial examination of symptomatic and asymptomatic HIV-infected patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.