Validation of the combined Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale among people with HIV in Vietnam.

Minh X B NguyenCatherine ZimmerCarl A LatkinKathryn Elizabeth LancasterDavid W DowdyHeidi HuttonGeetanjali ChanderConstantine FrangakisBradley N GaynesTeerada SripaipanHa V TranVivian F Go

Published in: International journal of STD & AIDS (2023)

Our study supports the use of a combined scale to measure general distress for PWH, which has good validity, reliability and is unidimensional enough to justify the use of a composite depression and anxiety score.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
hepatitis c virus
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
hiv positive
human immunodeficiency virus
mental health
hiv aids
case report
health information
cross sectional
risk assessment
men who have sex with men