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Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS
Although India is in the grip of HIV/AIDS epidemic, not much information is available on clinico-epidemiological and socio-behavioral aspects of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study analyzed these features using standard methodologies in 82 HIV sero-positives, AIDS patients attending ART...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799555 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70523 |
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description | Although India is in the grip of HIV/AIDS epidemic, not much information is available on clinico-epidemiological and socio-behavioral aspects of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study analyzed these features using standard methodologies in 82 HIV sero-positives, AIDS patients attending ART clinic of three major government hospitals of Delhi. Majority of the patients (73%) were found to be young (<40 years) and married (79%). As high as 91.5% came from low socio-economic class and more than 95% acquired HIV transmission through heterosexual routes. A large proportion (63%) of these patients reported an extremely high level of anxiety, moderate level of stress and a borderline level of clinical depression. While most of the patients (72%) were well-adjusted with the ART, the rest of the patients reported difference in making adjustment with the treatment schedules. The study suggests that counseling and supportive therapy could play a pivotal role in controlling anxiety, stress, depression and rehabilitating people with HIV/AIDS. |
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spelling | pubmed-31378072011-07-28 Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS Khan, M. A. Sehgal, A. Indian J Psychol Med Original Article Although India is in the grip of HIV/AIDS epidemic, not much information is available on clinico-epidemiological and socio-behavioral aspects of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). This study analyzed these features using standard methodologies in 82 HIV sero-positives, AIDS patients attending ART clinic of three major government hospitals of Delhi. Majority of the patients (73%) were found to be young (<40 years) and married (79%). As high as 91.5% came from low socio-economic class and more than 95% acquired HIV transmission through heterosexual routes. A large proportion (63%) of these patients reported an extremely high level of anxiety, moderate level of stress and a borderline level of clinical depression. While most of the patients (72%) were well-adjusted with the ART, the rest of the patients reported difference in making adjustment with the treatment schedules. The study suggests that counseling and supportive therapy could play a pivotal role in controlling anxiety, stress, depression and rehabilitating people with HIV/AIDS. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3137807/ /pubmed/21799555 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70523 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Khan, M. A. Sehgal, A. Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title | Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title_full | Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title_fullStr | Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title_short | Clinico-epidemiological and Socio-behavioral Study of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
title_sort | clinico-epidemiological and socio-behavioral study of people living with hiv/aids |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3137807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21799555 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.70523 |
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