The Influence of Coinfection on Mood States in HTLV-1-Infected Patients | Zendy

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The Influence of Coinfection on Mood States in HTLV-1-Infected Patients

Author(s) -

Maria Rita Polo Gascón,

Cláudio Garcia Capitão,

Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira-Martins,

Jorge Casseb,

Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

isrn psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2090-7966

DOI - 10.5402/2012/325864

Subject(s) - coinfection , asymptomatic , anxiety , depression (economics) , medicine , mood , ambulatory , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics

The objective of this study was to discuss the influence of coinfection on mood states (depression and anxiety) in Human T Lymphotropic virus type 1 HTLV-1-infected patients. A cross-sectional study was performed with a sample obtained through a nonprobabilistic technique. A total of 130 patients in treatment at the HTLV Ambulatory of Instituto de Infectologia Emílio Ribas participated in the research, of whom 63 had HAM/TS and 67 were asymptomatic. A sociodemographic survey and the Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories were used. The results indicated a prevalence of 7.2% for HTLV-1/HIV co-infection, 7.2% for HTLV-1/HCV, and 4.0% for HTLV-1/HIV/HCV. It is possible that the presence of a co-infection causes greater fear and concern about the future than asymptomatic HTLV-1 infection, increasing the observed degree of depression and anxiety.

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