Some people living with HIV might need to pay attention to their mental health during the COVID-19 two years pandemic in Tokyo until the Omicron variant occur

Takahiro Tanaka; Michiko Koga; Takeya Tsutsumi; Takashi Hosaka; Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi

doi:10.1002/pcn5.73

Some people living with HIV might need to pay attention to their mental health during the COVID-19 two years pandemic in Tokyo until the Omicron variant occur

PCN Rep. 2023 Jan 17;2(1):e73. doi: 10.1002/pcn5.73. eCollection 2023 Mar.

Authors

Takahiro Tanaka^{1

2}, Michiko Koga^{1

3}, Takeya Tsutsumi^{1

3}, Takashi Hosaka^{1

4}, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases and Applied Immunology, Hospital of the Institute of Medical Science University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
² Department of Psychology St-Pierre Hospital Gunma Japan.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Advanced Clinical Research Center, Institute of Medical Science University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan.
⁴ Department of Psycho-Oncology HOSAKA Psycho-Oncology Clinic Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

People living with HIV (PLWH) have a higher prevalence of psychiatric disorders than the general population. We retrospectively examined the medical records of PLWH who underwent the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale-10, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 at an HIV referral hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some PLWH who were unemployed with a history of psychiatric visits may remain in poor mental health during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic until the Omicron variant occurs, so they may need to pay attention to their mental health.

Keywords: COVID‐19; HIV; Omicron variant; mental health.