Depressive symptoms and associated factors among HIV positive patients attending public health facilities of Dessie town: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depressive symptoms are the most common psychiatric complication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. They are associated with poor drug adherence, treatment failure, and increase the risk for suicide. There was limited evidence of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive patients in the study area. So, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among HIV-positive patients attending public health facilities of Dessie town, North-central Ethiopia, 2019.

Method

A cross-sectional study was conducted on 380 HIV-positive patients attending ART clinics in Dessie town, North-central Ethiopia, 2019. Samples were selected using systematic random sampling and the data were collected by using structured, pretested, an

SUBMITTER: Damtie Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8341501 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature