Reliability and validity of depression assessment among persons with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to systematically review the reliability and validity of instruments used to screen for major depressive disorder or assess depression symptom severity among persons with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Methods

A systematic evidence search protocol was applied to 7 bibliographic databases. Studies examining the reliability and/or validity of depression assessment tools were selected for inclusion if they were based on the data collected from HIV-positive adults in any African member state of the United Nations. A random-effects meta-analysis was used to calculate pooled estimates of depression prevalence. In a subgroup of studies of criterion-related validity, the bivariate random-effects model

SUBMITTER: Tsai AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096047 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature