Psychological distress in family members living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine at Emory University, United States;2. Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine at Emory University, United States;3. Department of Physiology of Nutrition, Federal University of Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil;1. Department of Dermatovenerology, Karlovac General Hospital, Karlovac, Croatia;2. University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Department for Environmental Health, Occupational and Sports Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia;3. Clinical Department of Dermatovenerology, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia;1. Rice University, United States;2. Northwestern University, United States;3. University of California San Francisco, United States;4. Baylor University, United States;5. Pennsylania State University, United States;6. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States;7. Baylor College of Medicine, United States;1. Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK;2. Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5281, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI 49855, USA;5. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center – Pacific, Applied Sciences Division, San Diego, CA 92152, USA;6. Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA;7. VA San Diego Center for Stress and Mental Health, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA |
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| Abstract: | This article describes the psychological distress experienced by family members living with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Survey data were collected from 133 individuals, (47 parents, 53 siblings, 33 adult family members who have HIV/AIDS) representing 80 families. In-depth interview and observational data were collected from a subset of the sample. The physical and psychological health of individual family members was assessed by the 53-item Brief Symptom Inventory. Parents, siblings, and people living with AIDS (PWAs) reported higher levels of overall distress and scored higher on symptom dimensions and clinically discrete symptoms than normative comparison groups. Implications of these findings for research, clinical practice, and health and social service policy are identified and discussed. |
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