Mental health phenotypes of well-controlled HIV in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The phenotypic expression of mental health (MH) conditions among people with HIV (PWH) in Uganda and worldwide are heterogeneous. Accordingly, there has been a shift toward identifying MH phenotypes using data-driven methods capable of identifying novel insights into mechanisms of divergent MH phenotypes among PWH. We leverage the analytic strengths of machine learning combined with inferential methods to identify novel MH phenotypes among PWH and the underlying explanatory features.

Methods

A total of 277 PWH (46% female, median age = 44; 93% virally suppressed [<50copies/mL]) were included in the analyses. Participants completed the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the PTSD Checklist-Civilian (PCL-C). A clustering pipelin

SUBMITTER: Rubin LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11810918 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature