HIV testing in an urgent care setting: psychosocial disorders and clinical characteristics

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  • March 20, 2019
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  • Santucci, Sandra K.
    • Affiliation: School of Nursing
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  • An estimated 26% of the U.S. population over the age of 18 is diagnosed with one or more psychosocial disorders. The prevalence of psychosocial disorders related to HIV infection in the U.S. is unknown. The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of psychosocial disorders in patients tested for HIV infection in an urgent care center (UCC). There are gaps in the literature that must be examined before a determination of HIV infection related to psychosocial disorders is statistically significant and, if so, the strengths of those relationships. However, if there is a strong and significant relationship between psychosocial disorders and HIV infection, then targeting patients with diagnosed psychosocial disorders, or a psychosocial disorder discovered at the time of an UCC visit, might prove important in the detection and prevention of HIV infection. Data abstracted from 414 medical records of patients tested for HIV were used to describe psychosocial disorders. Findings of this study indicate that HIV infection was more prevalent among UCC patients with psychosocial disorders compared to patients without psychosocial disorders. The prevalence of HIV infection associated with high-risk behaviors suggests that health care providers should consider psychosocial disorders as predictors of HIV infection with the same weight given to high-risk behaviors.
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  • "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Nursing"
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  • Kjervik, Diane K.
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  • Chapel Hill, NC
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  • March 18, 2013

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