Treating depression and improving adherence in HIV care with task-shared cognitive behavioural therapy in Khayelitsha, South Africa: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Major depressive disorder, highly prevalent among people with HIV (PWH) globally, including South Africa, is associated with suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy. Globally, there are insufficient numbers of mental health providers and tested depression treatments. This study's aim was to test task-shared cognitive-behavioural therapy for adherence and depression (CBT-AD) in HIV, delivered by clinic nurses in South Africa.

Methods

This was a two-arm randomized controlled effectiveness trial (recruitment: 14 July 2016 to 4 June 2019, last follow 9 June 2020). One-hundred-sixty-one participants with clinical depression and virally uncontrolled HIV were recruited from primary care clinics providing HIV care, in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Arm 1 was task-sha

SUBMITTER: Safren SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8552453 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature