A Review of Basic Knowledge of HIV Infection for Orthodontic Management of HIV Patients

Madham, Saritha; Visshishta, J; Vinod, Haritha Dasagari; S, Ojass Kumar; Cherukuri, Vishnu Priya

doi:10.7759/cureus.37770

Cureus

2023

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.37770

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A Review of Basic Knowledge of HIV Infection for Orthodontic Management of HIV Patients

Saritha Madham¹,

J Visshishta²,

Haritha Dasagari Vinod³

et al.

Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes an infection affecting immunity-providing white blood cells. The HIV pandemic is far from over and is a major socio-economical burden. As there is no cure yet, prevention of new infections is the major path to control the infection. There is a low chance of orthodontic procedures carrying a risk of HIV infection transmission. It is important to have knowledge about the disease to effectively and safely treat known or unknown patients with HIV.

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Intrinsic Association Between Death Anxiety and Depression Among Men Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Network Analysis

Zheng,

Liang,

Kiyum

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Background With the increasing popularity of ARVs, physical symptoms of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have been effectively improved. Improving mental health and quality of life has gradually become the focus of attention in the treatment. The aim of this study is to explore the association between death anxiety and depression in men living with HIV/AIDS (MLWHA) from the perspective of network analysis. Methods This study recruited 701 MLWHA in Jilin Province, China. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire. The average age of the participants was 37.4 years old. Among them, there were 54 heterosexual participants, 494 homosexual participants, 139 bisexual participants, and 14 asexual/other participants. Network analysis was used to identify central symptoms, key bridge symptoms, and the strongest edge among symptoms in the death anxiety and depression network. Results In this study, 18.1% of MLWHA may suffer from severe depression. The severity of depression in homosexual MLWHA was severer than in heterosexuals. Death anxiety was severer among unmarried and married/cohabiting MLWHA compared to divorced/separated/widowed MLWHA. This study found that item DAS10 (The topic of post death is very confusing to me) was the most central symptom. The edge DAS2 – PHQ9 (Rarely think of death – Suicide ideation) was the strongest edge between death anxiety and depression. Item DAS2 (Rarely think of death) was the strongest bridge symptom. Conclusion Psychological symptoms such as distress over the topic of death, thoughts of death, and suicidal ideation play an important influential and connecting role in the death anxiety-depression network among MLWHA. Implementing appropriate interventions for these symptoms—such as popularizing correct knowledge of death and providing more psychological counseling services for this group—can effectively reduce the co-occurrence of death anxiety and depression, thereby improving the mental health of MLWHA.

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Intrinsic Association Between Death Anxiety and Depression Among Men Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Network Analysis

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Liang,

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A Review of Basic Knowledge of HIV Infection for Orthodontic Management of HIV Patients

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Intrinsic Association Between Death Anxiety and Depression Among Men Living with HIV/AIDS in China: A Network Analysis

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