Depressive symptoms and use of HIV care and medication-assisted treatment among people with HIV who inject drugs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Vietnam, Indonesia, and Ukraine have major burdens of IDU and HIV. We estimated the prevalence of depressive symptoms at baseline among people living with HIV who inject drugs, evaluated associations between depression at baseline and 12-month HIV care outcomes and medication-assisted treatment (MAT), and evaluated the study intervention effect by baseline depression subgroups.

Design

HPTN 074 was a randomized study. The study intervention included psychosocial counseling, systems navigation, and antiretroviral treatment (ART) at any CD4+ cell count.

Methods

Moderate-to-severe depression was defined as a Patient Health Questionnaire-9 score of 10 or above. ART and MAT were self-reported. Eligibility criteria were: 18-60 years of age, active IDU, and viral lo

SUBMITTER: Zeziulin O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7855840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature