Prevalence and associated factors of depression among patients with HIV/AIDS in Hawassa, Ethiopia, cross-sectional study.
Bereket DukoEpherem GejaMahlet ZewudeSemere MekonenPublished in: Annals of general psychiatry (2018)
Having poor social support, HIV-related perceived stigma and low CD4 cell count (< 200) had statistically significant association with depressive symptom. Training of health workers in ART clinics and availing manuals on assessing mental health issues is useful to screen and treat depression among HIV patients.
Keyphrases
- hiv aids
- social support
- antiretroviral therapy
- depressive symptoms
- mental health
- hiv infected
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- end stage renal disease
- sleep quality
- newly diagnosed
- healthcare
- public health
- chronic kidney disease
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- mental illness
- peritoneal dialysis
- cell therapy
- single cell
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- risk factors
- high throughput
- south africa
- risk assessment
- social media
- men who have sex with men
- stress induced
- climate change