Relationships of Illness Perceptions with Depression and Anxiety in People Who Live with HIV/AIDS in a High-prevalence Ethnic Autonomous Region of Sichuan, China

• Published in: AIDS and behavior Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 3783 - 3793
• Main Authors: Feng, Chuanteng, Yu, Bin, Fu, Yao, Reinhardt, Jan D., Yang, Shujuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Anxiety; Disease prevention; Health Psychology; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Illnesses; Infectious Diseases; Intervention; Investigations; Low income groups; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Mental health services; Original Paper; Public Health; Symptoms; China; Sichuan China; HIV/AIDS; Depression; Anxiety; Quantile regression; Illness perceptions

Poor mental health challenges outcomes and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and may be related to illness perceptions. To investigate if depression and anxiety were associated with illness perceptions, we drew a random sample of 729 PLWHA from 13 administrative units in Liangshan Pre...