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Electronic Journal of Emerging Infectious Diseases ›› 2022, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (3): 84-89.doi: 10.19871/j.cnki.xfcrbzz.2022.03.018

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Research progress of anxiety and depression with HIV/AIDS patients

He Dingling, Zhao Xia, Guo Lihua   

  1. Communicable Diseases Department 2, Chengdu Public Health Clinical Medical Center,Chengdu 610000,China
  • Received:2022-05-22 Online:2022-07-31 Published:2022-09-08

Abstract: HIV/AIDS patients generally have severe anxiety and depression,and these negative emotions will not only inhibit the immune function of HIV/AIDS patients,reduce the quality of their lives and treatment compliance,but also be one kind of the risk factors leading to death of patients.Therefore,it is particularly critical to study the influencing factors of anxiety and depression of HIV/AIDS patients,help them relieve negative emotions,and improve the quality of their lives and treatment compliance.In recent years,scholars at home and abroad have deepened their understanding of the influencing factors of anxiety and depression of HIV/AIDS patients,and made some progresses in this research filed.Many studies have shown that psychological intervention plays a very important role in the maintenance of physical and mental health of HIV/AIDS patients.Therefore, the author systematically reviewed the related researches on the anxiety and depression of HIV/AIDS patients,and emphatically summarized the influencing factors and intervention methods of anxiety and depression in this population,in order to provide evidence for preventing or relieving anxiety and depression of HIV/AIDS patients.

Key words: Human immunodeficiency virus, Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, Anxiety, Depression, Overview