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

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Priscila Junqueira²  Silvia Bellucci¹  Sueli Rossini²  Rubens Reimão² 

[1] ,University of São Paulo Medical School Hospital das Clínicas Division of Clinical NeurologySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: sleep;    sleep disorders;    sleep quality;    HIV positive;    AIDS;    anxiety;    depression;    sono;    distúrbios do sono;    qualidade do sono;    HIV positivo;    AIDS;    ansiedade;    depressão;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2008000600008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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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