PREDICTION OF THE HEALTH-CARE NEEDS OF PERSONS WITH HIV AIDS FROM PRELIMINARY HEALTH ASSESSMENT INFORMATION/

The authors present evidence on the utility of standard health assessm ent information (i.e. health status, behavioural, and sociodemographic characteristics) collected by nurses for predicting the psychosocial and physiological healthcare needs of persons with HIV/AIDS tit four c linical settings. A cross-sectional descriptive design using 386 patie nts tested the predictive accuracy of la predictors against 8 criterio n variables. Multiple correlation and regression analyses produced emp loyment status and income level as statistically significant predictor s of several types of psychosocial needs. Only one equation with emplo yment, medical diagnosis, and income predicting Health Behaviours/Soci al Support was clinically significant.