title: Inpatient psychiatric morbidity of HIV-infected soldiers.
abstract: To determine differences in inpatient psychiatric morbidity, a total of 573 soldiers seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were matched with 2,266 seronegative soldiers by age, sex, race, marital status, military rank, length of active service, military occupation, and date of HIV test. An HIV-infected individual was seven times more likely to be hospitalized than an uninfected individual. The rate of total hospitalizations was 16 times higher for the HIV-infected soldiers. The median length of hospital stay was six days for the infected soldiers and four days for the control group. The incidence of psychosis, organic mental disorders, and adjustment disorder in the HIV-infected group was significantly higher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Moncrief Army Community Hospital, Fort Jackson, SC 29207.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Prier
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Burge
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004219:District of Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012803:Sick Role; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology