TY - JOUR
T1 - Coping strategies of HIV patients with peripheral neuropathy
AU - Griswold, Germaine A.
AU - Evans, Susan
AU - Spielman, Lisa
AU - Fishman, Baruch
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health R01MN58558-02 (Susan Evans, Ph.D.). The authors wish to thank Judith Rabkin, Ph.D., W. Crawford Clark, Ph.D., and Lori Davis, Psy.D. for their contributions, as well as the study participants.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between coping strategies and reports of with pain and distress in patients with HIV-related peripheral neuropathy. Seventy-eight HIV seropositive subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), a self-report measure that assesses seven factors, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Bivariate correlations revealed that younger patients used more Praying-Hoping (r = -.23, p < .04) and Catastrophizing (r = - .30, p < .007). t-tests demonstrated that women used more Praying-Hoping (t(76) = 3.42, p < .01), while Hispanic and African American patients used more Praying-Hoping more than Caucasians (F (1,77) = 22.11, p = .0005). Catastrophizing significantly predicted higher scores on the BDI (t = 2.968, p = .004), the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Brief Symptom Inventory BSI (t = 2.400, p = .02); and pain interference on the Brief Pain Inventory BPI (t = 2.996, p = .004) controlling for age, gender, and ethnic background. These results demonstrate that coping strategies may differ according to age, gender, and ethnic background in an HIV population, and that Catastrophizing predicts distress and interference with functioning in this sample.
AB - The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between coping strategies and reports of with pain and distress in patients with HIV-related peripheral neuropathy. Seventy-eight HIV seropositive subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ), a self-report measure that assesses seven factors, the Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Bivariate correlations revealed that younger patients used more Praying-Hoping (r = -.23, p < .04) and Catastrophizing (r = - .30, p < .007). t-tests demonstrated that women used more Praying-Hoping (t(76) = 3.42, p < .01), while Hispanic and African American patients used more Praying-Hoping more than Caucasians (F (1,77) = 22.11, p = .0005). Catastrophizing significantly predicted higher scores on the BDI (t = 2.968, p = .004), the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the Brief Symptom Inventory BSI (t = 2.400, p = .02); and pain interference on the Brief Pain Inventory BPI (t = 2.996, p = .004) controlling for age, gender, and ethnic background. These results demonstrate that coping strategies may differ according to age, gender, and ethnic background in an HIV population, and that Catastrophizing predicts distress and interference with functioning in this sample.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/23444445917
U2 - 10.1080/09540120412331336715
DO - 10.1080/09540120412331336715
M3 - Article
C2 - 16036257
AN - SCOPUS:23444445917
SN - 0954-0121
VL - 17
SP - 711
EP - 720
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
IS - 6
ER -