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Physical and Mental Health Screening in a New York City HIV Cohort During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Preliminary Report.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Pizzirusso, Maria Carrion-Park, Cira Clark, Uraina S. Gonzalez, Jairo Byrd, Desiree Morgello, Susan |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | Background:Mental health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have been observed. Psychiatric symptoms in people living with HIV, and their relationship to physical symptomatology and prior psychopathology, are not yet reported.Setting:An HIV cohort sheltering-in-place in New York City.Methods:Forty-nine participants in a longitudinal study were contacted by telephone in April 2020. A structured interview queried COVID-19-associated physical symptoms, and mental health screens were performed with the generalized anxiety disorder-2 (GAD-2) and patient health questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). Prior medical and neuropsychiatric data were obtained from preceding study visits. Post-hoc analyses were performed.Results:The mean age of respondents was 62.1 years, 39% were women, and 35% African American, 37% Latinx, and 28% Caucasian. COVID-19-indicator symptoms were present in 69%; 41% had respiratory and 61% extra-pulmonary symptoms. Mental health symptoms were endorsed in 45% with PHQ-2 and 43% with GAD-2, although threshold for major depression was met in only 4% and for GAD in 14%. Higher PHQ scores were associated with respiratory symptoms, but not prior mood or anxiety disorders. GAD-2 scores were higher with past mood disorders, but not with prior anxiety disorders or respiratory symptoms.Conclusions:Physical symptoms were frequent and mild psychiatric symptoms were common, but serious anxiety and depression were not often endorsed by this group of people living with HIV at the acute height of the New York City COVID-19 pandemic. Reasons for this are unclear, as this preliminary report is descriptive in nature. Short- and long-term consequences of acute mental health symptoms require further study. |
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| ISSN | 15254135 |
| Journal | Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) [J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr] |
| Volume Number | 86 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC7878300 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| PubMed reference number | 33148994 |
| e-ISSN | 19447884 |
| DOI | 10.1097/qai.0000000000002564 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes |
| Publisher Date | 2021-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic or until permissions are revoked in writing. Upon expiration of these permissions, PMC is granted a perpetual license to make this article available via PMC and Europe PMC, consistent with existing copyright protections. Copyright © 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. |
| Subject Keyword | COVID-19 mental health anxiety depression HIV |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Infectious Diseases Pharmacology (medical) |
