Women living with HIV/AIDS: sleep impairment, anxiety and depression symptoms.

نویسندگان

  • Priscila Junqueira
  • Silvia Bellucci
  • Sueli Rossini
  • Rubens Reimão
چکیده

OBJECTIVE To evaluate sleep impairment, symptoms of anxiety and depression, and associations with sleep characteristics of sleep in female HIV/AIDS patients. METHOD 30 female patients with HIV/AIDS were evaluated along with 30 female controls with a mean age of 35.4 years in the study group and 33.1 years in the control group, with: a) the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; b) the Beck Anxiety Inventory; c) the Beck Depression Inventory. RESULTS Sleep quality was more impaired in AIDS patients than in those with HIV+ or in controls. The AIDS patients showed more symptoms of anxiety. There were associations of sleep impairment with anxiety in HIV+ patients; whereas in AIDS patients associations were found between sleep impairment and depression. CONCLUSION There was sleep quality in the presence of symptoms of anxiety and depression. In HIV+ patients, sleep impairment was associated with anxiety, while in AIDS patients sleep impairment was associated with depression.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria

دوره 66 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008