Active confrontational coping predicts decreased clinical progression over a one-year period in HIV-infected homosexual men.
J Psychosom Res
; 39(8): 957-65, 1995 Nov.
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| ID: mdl-8926605
ABSTRACT
The association between stressful life events, psychiatric symptoms, coping, and social support and HIV disease progression one year later were studied in 51 HIV-infected asymptomatic and early symptomatic homosexual men. Dependent variables were CD4 counts and clinical progression. No associations between the psychosocial parameters and CD4 counts were found. Active confrontation with HIV infection as a coping strategy was predictive of decreased clinical progression at one year follow-up, after taking into account baseline biomedical and behavioral variables. These results show that active coping strategies may have an effect on disease progression, possibly mediated by greater compliance with medical treatments or by psychoneuroimmunological mechanisms.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Adaptação Psicológica
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Soropositividade para HIV
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Homossexualidade Masculina
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Psychosom Res
Ano de publicação:
1995
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Holanda