Distress, depression and anxiety among persons seeking HIV testing
Distress, depression and anxiety among persons seeking HIV testing
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DOI：
10.1080/09540121.2016.1259453
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Bantjes, Jason
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作者：
Kagee, Ashraf;Saal, Wylene;Bantjes, Jason
我们调查了485名寻求艾滋病毒检测的南非人的心理困扰和抑郁和焦虑症状。样本在霍普金斯症状自评量表上的平均得分为45.78（SD = 16.81），在贝克抑郁量表上的平均得分为15.8（SD = 12.4），在贝克焦虑量表上的平均得分为12.44（SD = 13.00），在这些工具上分别处于升高、轻度和低范围。对于超过三分之一的参与者来说，抑郁症状和临床上显著的痛苦至少是中度的，在某些情况下是严重的，这表明他们可能受益于心理帮助。我们认为，抑郁和痛苦的症状在寻求艾滋病毒检测的人中很常见，因此不是艾滋病毒阳性检测结果的结果。
We investigated psychological distress and symptoms of depression and anxiety among 485 South Africans seeking HIV testing. The mean scores of the sample were 45.78 (SD = 16.81) on the Hopkins Symptom Checklist; 15.8 (SD = 12.4) on the Beck Depression Inventory and 12.44 (SD = 13.00) on the Beck Anxiety Inventory, which fell in the elevated, mild and low ranges on these instruments, respectively. For more than a third of participants, symptoms of depression and clinically significant distress were at least moderate and in some cases severe, indicating that they may have benefitted from psychological help. We make the case that symptoms of depression and distress are common among persons seeking HIV testing and are therefore not a consequence of an HIV-positive test result.