Generalized and COVID-19 related anxiety among Tanzanian adolescents with HIV and association with HIV outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Hellen N. Siril, David Gitagno, Sylvia Kaaya, Matthew Caputo, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Tumaini Nyamhanga, Rachel Mtei, Charles Festo, Claudia Hawkins · 2025
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Hellen Siril and co-authors measured anxiety among teenagers living with HIV in Tanzania during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a 2025 study. The pandemic disrupted HIV services worldwide, and teens in care faced both health fears and broken routines. The team surveyed five hundred and sixty-seven patients aged fifteen to nineteen at ten clinics in Dar es Salaam in 2022.
Most teens kept up with care fairly well: over half attended at least three-quarters of their visits, and seventy-eight percent had the virus suppressed to very low levels. General anxiety was rare, with only about two percent scoring in the moderate to severe range. Neither general worry nor COVID-linked worry showed a firm tie to missed visits. The authors set out the burden plainly so clinics can judge what support teens still need.
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| CREATOR | Hellen N. Siril, David Gitagno, Sylvia Kaaya, Matthew Caputo, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Tumaini Nyamhanga, Rachel Mtei, Charles Festo, Claudia Hawkins |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |