Pain-related anxiety in relation to anxiety and depression among persons living with HIV/AIDS.
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| Title: | Pain-related anxiety in relation to anxiety and depression among persons living with HIV/AIDS. |
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| Authors: | Brandt, Charles P. (AUTHOR), Zvolensky, Michael J. (AUTHOR), Daumas, Stephanie D. (AUTHOR), Grover, Kristin W. (AUTHOR), Gonzalez, Adam (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | AIDS Care. Apr2016, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p432-435. 4p. |
| Subjects: | Anxiety diagnosis, Diagnosis of mental depression, Pain diagnosis, HIV infection complications, Statistical correlation, Psychology of HIV-positive persons, Pain, Statistics, Data analysis, Multiple regression analysis, Cross-sectional method, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics |
| Abstract: | Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) experience clinically significant pain as a result of HIV and such pain is often related to increased levels of anxiety/depression. Pain-related anxiety has been identified as a mechanism in the onset and progression of pain experience and associated affective distress. However, there has not been empirical study of pain-related anxiety in relation to affective processes among PLHA. To address this gap, hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted using SPSS v.21 to examine pain-related anxiety (as measured using the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale) in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms (as measured using the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire) among 93 PLHA (10.8% female; Mean age = 49.63, SD = 8.89). Pain-related anxiety was significantly related to anxious arousal symptoms (β = .43) and anhedonic depressive symptoms (β = .25); effects were evident beyond the variance accounted for by CD4 count, race, sex, income level, and current level of bodily pain. The present results suggest that pain-related anxiety may play a role in the experience of anxiety and depressive symptoms among PLHA. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) experience clinically significant pain as a result of HIV and such pain is often related to increased levels of anxiety/depression. Pain-related anxiety has been identified as a mechanism in the onset and progression of pain experience and associated affective distress. However, there has not been empirical study of pain-related anxiety in relation to affective processes among PLHA. To address this gap, hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted using SPSS v.21 to examine pain-related anxiety (as measured using the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale) in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms (as measured using the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire) among 93 PLHA (10.8% female; Mean age = 49.63, SD = 8.89). Pain-related anxiety was significantly related to anxious arousal symptoms (β = .43) and anhedonic depressive symptoms (β = .25); effects were evident beyond the variance accounted for by CD4 count, race, sex, income level, and current level of bodily pain. The present results suggest that pain-related anxiety may play a role in the experience of anxiety and depressive symptoms among PLHA. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| ISSN: | 09540121 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09540121.2015.1100704 |
