Psychological Distress and Its Correlates among Newly Diagnosed People Living with HIV in Northwest Ethiopia: Ordinal Logistic Regression Analyses.
Nurilign Abebe MogesOlubukola Adeponle AdesinaMicheal A OkunlolaYemane BerhaneJoshua Odunayo AkinyemiPublished in: Infectious diseases (2021)
The large majority of newly diagnosed HIV patients suffered from psychological distress. An increased vulnerability was observed among females, those with opportunistic and sexually transmitted infections, those having poor functional status and malnourished. Furthermore, HIV patients treated in health centers, those who had history of alcohol use and patients with high level of HIV related stigma are more negatively affected by the HIV diagnosis. Hence, all intervention strategies should target all the identified predictors.
Keyphrases
- newly diagnosed
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- hiv aids
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- men who have sex with men
- randomized controlled trial
- mental health
- healthcare
- public health
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- sleep quality
- mental illness
- health information
- patient reported
- social media