Distress, depression and anxiety among persons seeking HIV testing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19438568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ashraf Kagee (0000-0003-1241-2566, Stellenbosch University, corresponding author), Wylene Saal (0000-0002-3774-8923, Stellenbosch University), Jason Bantjes (0000-0002-3626-9883, Stellenbosch University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 280-284 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AIDS Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2016.1259453 |
| PMID | 27866410 |
| OpenAlex | W2552411594 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 13 |
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
Anxiety · Beck Anxiety Inventory · Beck Depression Inventory · Checklist · Distress · Family medicine · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment · Clinical Psychology · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |