ArticleTurkish journal of medical sciences2020
COVID-19-related anxiety in people living with HIV: an online cross-sectional study
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- Prevalence of mental health conditions among people living with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic: A rapid systematic review and meta-analysis.HIV medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A living systematic review of the psychological problems in people suffering from COVID-19.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Pooled it
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- Mental Health Stressors of the COVID-19 Pandemic Negatively Affect Self-Management of Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease Among Persons Living With HIV in the United States: A Qualitative Study.The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACTrial
- Generalized and COVID-19 related anxiety among Tanzanian adolescents with HIV and association with HIV outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 social disruptions on general-, mental- and substance use healthcare services among people with and without HIV in the United States.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Syndemic perspective of how people living with HIV faced the COVID-19 crisis in North Africa.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Increased Depression and Anxiety Among Men and Transgender Women Receiving Care at a Sexual Health Clinic in New York City During COVID-19.Open forum infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Disrupted HIV care during COVID-19 pandemic associated with increased disabilities among people living with HIV in Belize.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and viral suppression among persons living with HIV in western Washington.AIDS care · 2024Article
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- Health Care Use among Medicare Beneficiaries with HIV and Depression during the COVID-19 Pandemic-United States, 2020.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Mental Health and Substance Use among People with and without HIV.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, associated factors and coping strategies in people living with HIV: a scoping review.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2023Article
- "Even if I'm undetectable, I just feel like I would die": a qualitative study to understand the psychological and socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on women living with HIV (WLWH) in Chicago, IL.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- Changes in Mental Health Among People with HIV During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Qualitative and Quantitative Perspectives.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic associated with anxiety and depression among Non-Hispanic whites with chronic conditions in the US.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background/aim: 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. Materials and methods: A web-based questionnaire was sent to PLHIV using the virtual snowball sampling method. The questionnaire included questions about sociodemographic status, information about HIV infection, and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). Additionally, some opinions of the participants about COVID-19 were asked. Results: A total of 307 respondents, with a median age of 33 years, from 32 different cities, participated in the study. More than half of the respondents reported the belief that COVID-19 was not sufficiently well-known by the medical community and nearly 45% believed that they would have more complications if they contracted COVID-19. One-fourth of the participants had anxiety. Having a preexisting psychiatric disorder, perceiving that they were practicing insufficient preventive measures, not being sure about the presence of any individuals with COVID-19 in their environment, and living with a household member with a chronic disease were found to be the risk factors of PLHIV for having anxiety during this pandemic. The BAI scores were correlated with the patient-reported anxiety levels about the spread of COVID-19 in Turkey, acquiring COVID-19, transmitting COVID-19 to another person, and transmitting HIV to another person. Among the stated conditions, the most common concern was the spread of COVID-19 all over the country, while the least common was transmitting HIV to someone else. Conclusion: The results revealed that a significant proportion of the sample had anxiety, and the findings were essential for developing evidence-based strategies for decreasing the anxiety of PLHIV, especially for those who had risk factors and to provide them with better health care during this pandemic or other pandemic-like crises.
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