Fernandez D M, Gómez M A, Velazquez M, Miniño A, Hunter R
Retrovirus Research Center, Internal Medicine Department, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico 00960-6032, USA.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand). 1997 Nov;43(7):1115-22.
The current study describes the psychological and behavioral issues of a cohort of Puerto Rican HIV/AIDS patients. Differences in the depression mean score were determined and the predictor variables of depression among a cohort of Puerto Rican HIV/AIDS patients were also identified.
Cross-sectional survey of a longitudinal cohort (N=1,500).
The setting of this study was the Immunologic Clinic and the Dr. Ramón Ruiz Arnau University Hospital in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The sample was composed initially of 58 patients who had completed the Beck Inventory depression test (alpha Cronbach=0.93) and who were registered at the HIV/AIDS Central Registry between April 1995 and July 1996.
Women had higher depression scores than men. High education groups (>12th grade) had lower depression scores than low education groups. Patients reporting heterosexual practices had higher depression score than patients without that practice. A multiple linear regression showed that predictors variables of the depression score were gender and education.
A wide spectrum of psychological and behavioral features were present within the HIV/AIDS sample, including depression.
本研究描述了一组波多黎各艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者的心理和行为问题。确定了抑郁平均得分的差异，并识别出了一组波多黎各艾滋病毒/艾滋病患者中抑郁的预测变量。
对一个纵向队列（N = 1500）进行横断面调查。
本研究的地点是波多黎各巴亚蒙的免疫诊所和拉蒙·鲁伊斯·阿尔瑙博士大学医院。样本最初由58名完成贝克抑郁量表测试（克朗巴哈α系数 = 0.93）且于1995年4月至1996年7月在艾滋病毒/艾滋病中央登记处登记的患者组成。
女性的抑郁得分高于男性。高学历组（>12年级）的抑郁得分低于低学历组。报告有异性性行为的患者的抑郁得分高于没有此类行为的患者。多元线性回归显示，抑郁得分的预测变量是性别和教育程度。
艾滋病毒/艾滋病样本中存在广泛的心理和行为特征，包括抑郁。
