Demographic and clinical factors correlating with high levels of psychological distress in HIV-positive women living in Ontario, Canada

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 694-701

  Benoit, Anita C ^a   Light, Lucia ^b   Burchell, Ann N ^b   Gardner, Sandra ^b,c   Rourke, Sean B ^b,d   Wobeser, Wendy ^e   Loutfy, Mona R ^a,f  

^a WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO HIV TREATMENT NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; HIV; psychological distress; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PENSIONER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84895518491     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.855301     Document Type: Article

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