Clinical characteristics of anxious and depression disorder in AIDS patients
- Author:
Nguyen Ngoc Quang
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
AIDS, anxious and depression disorder
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Depression;
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2004;474(3):79-82
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The prospective study concerning some factors related between depression and anxiety with AIDS severity was performed on 36 AIDS patients with the manifestation of depression and anxiety associated to other mental disturbances in a total of 76 AIDS patients. The epidemiological and clinical characteristics of AIDS, the clinical disorders of depression and anxiety, and paraclinical date were investigated. Results showed the depression on 8.56% of cases, depression disorders were not difference between various age group. There was a positive proportional relation between AIDS severity and depression and anxiety.
