Officer-in-Charge, CAR H & B, Madurai Medical College, Madurai-625020.
Indian J Psychiatry. 1991 Apr;33(2):95-103.
EIGHTYFIVE HIV SEROPOSITIVE SUBJECTS (M: 42;F:43) were compared with an equal number STD subjects negative for HIV. They formed 1.6% of the total number (N =5287) screened in the STD OP. Heterosexual transmission was predominant. A significantly higher promiscuity and a larger number of sex partners and contacts were observed in the female but not the male HIV subjects. The ages at first coital experience were similar in both the groups. There was no difference in the occurrence of either STDs or psychiatric illness at index examination between the two groups. The symptom profile of psychiatric illness in the HIV subjects did not differ from that of the controls. The HIV subjects had more of physical diagnoses than the controls. The psychological responses to the 'disclosure' of seropositivity were noted. The closeness of HIV and STD groups on many factors and its implication for management and health education are commented upon.
85 例 HIV 血清阳性者(男性 42 例,女性 43 例)与数量相等的 HIV 血清阴性的 STD 患者进行比较。他们占 STD 门诊(STD OP)中筛查出的 5287 例的 1.6%。性传播是主要途径。HIV 阳性女性患者的性乱交和性伴侣数量明显高于男性患者,但两组患者首次性行为的年龄相似。两组在初诊时 STD 或精神疾病的发生率无差异。HIV 阳性患者的精神疾病症状与对照组无差异。HIV 阳性患者的躯体诊断多于对照组。注意到对血清阳性的“披露”的心理反应。讨论了 HIV 组和 STD 组在许多因素上的接近程度及其对管理和健康教育的影响。