Psychological well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS under the new epidemic characteristics in China and the risk factors: a population-based study | Zendy

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Psychological well-being of people living with HIV/AIDS under the new epidemic characteristics in China and the risk factors: a population-based study

Author(s) -

Wei Sun,

Ming Wu,

Peng Qu,

Chunming Lu,

Lie Wang

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.07.010

Subject(s) - china , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , population , demography , environmental health , gerontology , psychology , medicine , geography , virology , sociology , archaeology

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in China is growing and the main transmission mode has changed from contaminated blood products to sexual contact. The aim of this study was to evaluate the levels of anxiety (SAS; Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale) and depression (CES-D; Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) under the new epidemic characteristics and to examine associated factors.

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