Distress, depression and anxiety among persons seeking HIV testing

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19438568
AutoresAshraf Kagee (0000-0003-1241-2566, Stellenbosch University, autor correspondente), Wylene Saal (0000-0002-3774-8923, Stellenbosch University), Jason Bantjes (0000-0002-3626-9883, Stellenbosch University)
Ano2017
Volume29
Fascículo3
Páginas280-284
Data de publicação2017-03-04
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540121.2016.1259453
PMID27866410
OpenAlexW2552411594
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas13

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