Depressão, estresse e alexitimia em pacientes com infecção pelo vírus HIV - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109

Vêronica da Silveira Leite; Daniela Darce Motta; Miguel Spack Junior; Silvana Marques Araujo; Ãurea Regina Telles Pupulin

doi:10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109

Depression, stress and alexitimy in patients with infection by the HIV virus - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109

Authors

Vêronica da Silveira Leite UEM Author
Daniela Darce Motta UEM Author
Miguel Spack Junior UOC Author
Silvana Marques Araujo UEM Author
Ãurea Regina Telles Pupulin UEM Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109

Keywords:

depressão, estresse, alexitimia, HIV

Abstract

During the course of the infection by HIV, depression is common. A high stress level can result in a smaller imunitary competence. Alexitimy is a reaction "state" for the effects of serious physical diseases. This work aimed to evaluate the depression levels, stress and alexitemy in patients infected with HIV. Fifty patients were selected. Depression, stress and alexitemy were evaluated. The application of scales showed low depression in 48% of patients, moderate in 28% and serious in 4%. 82% are alexitemics and 78% presented physical and psychological symptoms of stress. Patients with TCD4 linfocites tax <200/^mm3 presented a higher percentual of depression, stress and alexitemy. It was observed a higher incidence of opportunist infections in the patients with depression, whatever the linfocites T CD4+ tax was. These results suggest relation among depression, stress, alexitemy and higher infection by HIV.

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Author Biography

Ãurea Regina Telles Pupulin, UEM

Possui graduação em Farmácia Bioquimica pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1983) e mestrado em Ciências Biológicas (Biologia Celular) pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá (1992) . Atualmente é professor titular da Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Tem experiência na área de Parasitologia , com ênfase em Protozoologia de Parasitos. Atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: doença de Chagas, Medicamento Canova Currículo Lattes

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Published

2007-12-18

Issue

Vol. 29 No. 1 (2007)

Section

Medicine

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Leite, V. da S., Motta, D. D., Spack Junior, M., Araujo, S. M., & Pupulin, Ãurea R. T. (2007). Depression, stress and alexitimy in patients with infection by the HIV virus - DOI: 10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 29(1), 67-71. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v29i1.109