Publication Type	Academic Article
Authors	Davis L, Evans S, Fishman B, Haley A, Spielman L
Journal	AIDS Care
Volume	16
Issue	3
Pagination	395-402
Date Published	04/01/2004
ISSN	0954-0121
Keywords	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, HIV Infections, Pain Management, Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Abstract	The objective of this paper was to identify predictors of attrition in a study designed to assess whether cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) was more helpful than supportive therapy (SP) in reducing pain associated with peripheral neuropathy in HIV-positive patients. Sixty-one subjects were randomized into either CBT or SP for six weekly one-hour sessions. Twenty-eight subjects dropped out before week six. Demographic variables such as age, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status and level of education were not predictive of attrition. However, higher scores on the Hamilton Depression Inventory (HAM-D, 17-item) (t (59) = - 0.09, p<0.05) were predictive. These findings suggest that while dropouts were not more physically ill (e.g. CD4 counts, viral loads and opportunistic infections were not statistically higher), they reported greater psychological distress.
DOI	10.1080/09540120410001665394
PubMed ID	15203432