Prevalence, incidence, and persistence of psychiatric and substance use disorders among mothers living with HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate prevalence, incidence, remission, and persistence of psychiatric and substance use disorders among HIV-infected mothers and identify biopsychosocial correlates.

Methods

HIV-infected mothers (n = 1223) of HIV-exposed uninfected children enrolled in a prospective cohort study; HIV-uninfected mothers (n = 128) served as a comparison group. Mothers provided sociodemographic and health information and completed the Client Diagnostic Questionnaire (CDQ). Prevalence of any psychiatric or substance use disorder at initial evaluation was compared between the 2 groups. Incident, remitting, and persisting disorders were identified for 689 mothers with HIV who completed follow-up CDQs. We used logistic regression to evaluate adjusted associations of biopsychosocial

SUBMITTER: Malee KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3999478 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature