Gascón Maria Rita Polo, Capitão Claudio Garcia, Nogueira-Martins Maria Cezira Fantini, Casseb Jorge, Penalva Oliveira Augusto Cesar
Psychology Division, Hospital das Clínicas of the Medical College of São Paulo and ICHC/FMUSP, 05403-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
ISRN Psychiatry. 2012 Jul 1;2012:325864. doi: 10.5402/2012/325864. Print 2012.
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.
本研究的目的是探讨合并感染对1型人类嗜T淋巴细胞病毒（HTLV-1）感染患者情绪状态（抑郁和焦虑）的影响。采用非概率技术抽取样本进行横断面研究。共有130名在埃米利奥·里巴斯传染病研究所HTLV门诊接受治疗的患者参与了研究，其中63人患有HAM/TS，67人无症状。使用了社会人口学调查问卷以及贝克焦虑和抑郁量表。结果显示，HTLV-1/ HIV合并感染的患病率为7.2%，HTLV-1/ HCV为7.2%，HTLV-1/ HIV/ HCV为4.0%。与无症状的HTLV-1感染相比，合并感染的存在可能会使患者对未来产生更大的恐惧和担忧，从而增加观察到的抑郁和焦虑程度。
