Trajectories of perinatal depression among women living with HIV in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Perinatal depression affects one-third of pregnant women living with HIV (WLH). We examined patterns of treatment response to a novel stepped model of depression care among WLH with perinatal depression in Uganda.

Methods

As part of the Maternal Depression Treatment in HIV (M-DEPTH) cluster randomised controlled trial, 191 women were enrolled across four antenatal care clinics assigned to provide stepped care including behavioural and antidepressant therapy (ADT), and another 200 across four clinics assigned to provide usual care. They were assessed for depression severity using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) at enrolment and multiple times over 12 months of follow-up. We used repeated measures latent class analysis (LCA) to identify discrete trajectorie

SUBMITTER: McBain RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413615 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature