Depression and anxiety disorders among patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1: a cross-sectional study with a comparison group

Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Revista

Goncalves, Liliana Raulino¹  Rocha-Filho, Pedro Augusto Sampaio² 

[1] Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

关键词: Anxiety disorders;    Depressive disorder;    HTLV-I infections.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-0365-2016

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

INTRODUCTION: Studies have linked human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) to psychiatric disease.METHODS:Patients with HTLV-1 were compared to patients seen by family doctors using a semi-structured questionnaire and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale.RESULTS:Participants with (n=58) and without (n=340) HTLV were compared. Anxiety and depression were associated with greater age, being a woman, spastic paraparesis (depression: PR=4.50, 95% CI: 3.10-6.53; anxiety: PR=2.96, 95% CI: 2.08-4.21), and asymptomatic HTLV (depression: PR=4.34, 95% CI: 3.02-6.24; anxiety: PR=2.81, 95% CI: 2.06-3.85).CONCLUSIONS:Symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with HTLV-1 experienced more anxiety and depression than uninfected patients.

【 授权许可】

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