Pain-related anxiety in relation to anxiety and depression among persons living with HIV/AIDS |
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| Authors: | Charles P. Brandt Michael J. Zvolensky Stephanie D. Daumas Kristin W. Grover Adam Gonzalez |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA;2. Department of Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA;3. Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA |
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| Abstract: | Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) experience clinically significant pain as a result of HIV and such pain is often related to increased levels of anxiety/depression. Pain-related anxiety has been identified as a mechanism in the onset and progression of pain experience and associated affective distress. However, there has not been empirical study of pain-related anxiety in relation to affective processes among PLHA. To address this gap, hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted using SPSS v.21 to examine pain-related anxiety (as measured using the Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale) in relation to anxiety and depressive symptoms (as measured using the Mood and Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire) among 93 PLHA (10.8% female; Mean age?=?49.63, SD?=?8.89). Pain-related anxiety was significantly related to anxious arousal symptoms (β?=?.43) and anhedonic depressive symptoms (β?=?.25); effects were evident beyond the variance accounted for by CD4 count, race, sex, income level, and current level of bodily pain. The present results suggest that pain-related anxiety may play a role in the experience of anxiety and depressive symptoms among PLHA. |
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| Keywords: | Pain anxiety anxiety depression HIV AIDS |
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