Untreated depression among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus in Kazakhstan: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Kazakhstan, scarce official prevalence data exists for mood disorders. This study investigates the occurrence of depressive symptoms among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and the relationship between depressive symptoms, HIV treatment initiation and antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among patients seen at the Almaty AIDS Center between April and December 2013. Two data sources were used: 1) self-administered survey that included the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) to capture depression symptoms and 2) medical record review. Two primary outcomes were evaluated with log-binomial models and Fisher's exact test: the relationship between depression symptoms and 1) HIV treatment group, and 2) HIV adheren

SUBMITTER: Terloyeva D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5873996 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature