AIDS patient care and STDs
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AIDS Patient Care STDS · Dec 2000
Variations in perceived pain associated with emotional distress and social identity in AIDS.
This article examines associations between self-perceptions of pain and associated pain distress to gender, ethnicity and religion, health care, health status, and emotional distress. Data were collected through interviews collected in participants' homes. Participants were 151 adults with diagnoses of advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). ⋯ Pain is a common problem for people living with HIV/AIDS. Self-reported pain is associated with cultural factors and changes in illness status. Clinicians' attention to patients' emotional distress, depression, and anxiety may assist in interventions for pain management.