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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Psychopathology and psychosocial adjustment in patients with HIV-associated lipodystrophy
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| Autores: |
Barata,Anna
Malouf,Jorge
Gutierrez,Mar
Mateo,Gracia María
Sambeat,Maria Antònia
Gich,Ignasi
Cadafalch,Josep
Wulff,Juan
Domingo,Pere
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| Data: |
2013-08-01
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| Ano: |
2013
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| Palavras-chave: |
HIV
Lypodystrophy
Psychopathology
Psychosocial
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| Resumo: |
OBJECTIVE: To study whether patients with HIV-1 associated lipodystrophy (LD) on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) have more psychopathology and worse psychosocial adjustment than a similar group without this syndrome. METHODS: In a cross-sectional, observational study we compared 47 HIV-1 infected patients with LD (LD group) with 39 HIV-1 infected patients without LD (non-LD group). All participants were on HAART. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and the Goldberg Health Questionnaire (GHQ-60) were administered. Levels of familial, work and social adjustment and adjustment to stressful events were evaluated in a semi-structured interview. Clinical information was extracted from the clinical records. RESULTS: In the univariate analysis patients with LD showed higher state anxiety scores (p = 0.009) and worse work adjustment (p = 0.019) than those without LD. A total of 45.3% of LD patients scored above the cut-off point on the trait anxiety scale, and over 33.3% scored above the cut-off point on the BDI, GHQ and state anxiety scales. However, in multivariate analyses LD was not independently associated with psychopathology or with worse adjustment in the studied areas. CONCLUSIONS: The finding that LD was not a predictor of greater psychopathology or worse psychosocial adjustment in HIV-1 infected patients, despite the high scores found, suggests that factors not taken into account in this study, such as LD severity and self-perception should have been included in the analysis. Further studies including a greater number of variables and a larger sample size will advance our understanding of this complex condition.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000400010
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1016/j.bjid.2012.11.011
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.17 n.4 2013
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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