Depressive symptoms and their determinants in patients who are on antiretroviral therapy in the case of a low-income country, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mogesie NechoAsmare BeleteMekonnen TsehayPublished in: International journal of mental health systems (2021)
The pooled prevalence of depression among individuals living with HIV/AIDS was high. Factors such as perceived HIV stigma, poor social support, opportunistic infection, advanced AIDS stage, and poor medication adherence were related to it. Routine screening and management of depression and its related factors should be given due consideration.
Keyphrases
- social support
- depressive symptoms
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hiv aids
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- hiv infected patients
- sleep quality
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- chronic kidney disease
- clinical trial
- randomized controlled trial
- hiv testing
- mental health
- hepatitis c virus
- risk factors
- men who have sex with men