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Document 0974
DOCN M9620974
TI Unmet needs for help among persons with AIDS.
DT 9602
AU Smith MY; Rapkin BD; Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New; York, New York 10021, USA.
SO AIDS Care. 1995;7(3):353-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96068002
AB Current trends in AIDS care in the United States, including
dehospitalization and improved outpatient treatment, may place many
persons with AIDS (PWAs) at increased risk for having unmet need for
help with daily living demands. Using interviews with 224 PWAs, we
examined the prevalence and correlates of unmet need for assistance
across six functional domains: personal care, instrumental activities of
daily living (e.g. home chores, using transportation), social
functioning, role performance, taking care of one's health and
negotiating systems. Overall, 74.1% of respondents reported having
either a partially or completely unmet need for help in one or more
areas of functioning. Unmet need for help was highest for instrumental
activities of daily living (46.4%). Unmet need was associated with
illness severity (i.e. more symptoms and hospitalizations), minority
status and support network characteristics (proximity, size and type of
supporters). Implications of unmet needs data for improving the clinical
care of PWAs are discussed.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/THERAPY/ TRANSMISSION
Activities of Daily Living/CLASSIFICATION Adult Day Care/TRENDS
Deinstitutionalization/*TRENDS Female Forecasting Health Services
Needs and Demand/*TRENDS Home Care Services/TRENDS Human Male Middle
Age New York City Outpatient Clinics, Hospital/TRENDS Patient
Admission/TRENDS Social Support Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Urban
Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).