Open AccessCOVID-19-related anxiety in people living with HIV: an online cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Özlem Kuman Tunçel,
Hüsnü Pullukçu,
Hüseyin Aytaç Erdem,
Behice Kurtaran,
Selin Ece Taşbakan,
Meltem Taşbakan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1303-6165
pISSN - 1300-0144
DOI - 10.3906/sag-2006-140
Subject(s) - snowball sampling , anxiety , medicine , beck anxiety inventory , pandemic , cross sectional study , covid-19 , psychiatry , computer assisted web interviewing , disease , clinical psychology , beck depression inventory , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , marketing , business
The emergence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has had an enormous emotional impact on some vulnerable groups, such as people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (PLHIV). This study was planned with the aim of assessing the anxiety levels of PLHIV and the sources of their anxiety.