Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among people living with HIV attending tertiary care hospitals in Oman
| Autor: | Lara Al Harthi, Moon Fai Chan, Abdullah Al Madhani, Nasser Al Sibani, Badar S.R. Albusaidi, Abdullah Balkhair, Samir Al-Adawi |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living Oman Prevalence HIV Infections psychology Tertiary Care Centers Young Adult Risk Factors Depression HIV people living with HIV Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Activities of Daily Living medicine Global health Humans Depression (differential diagnoses) business.industry Public health Research Age Factors General Medicine Middle Aged Mental health Family medicine Cohort Female business |
| Zdroj: | Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 37 No. 1 (2020) The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | Introduction:depressive symptoms have been widely reported among people living with HIV (PLHIV) around the world. The extent of this on PLHIV in the Arabian Peninsula is unclear. This study aims to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in adult Omani patients with HIV attending a tertiary care hospital. It also aims to investigate the relationship between clinical and socio-demographic variables and depressive symptoms. Methods:LHIV, age >18 (n=101), participated in the study who were followed up at a teaching hospital in Muscat, Oman. Participants were identified by a convenient and consecutive sampling of eligible patients who came for consultation on the days that the investigator conducted recruitment. The presence of depressive symptoms was quantified by the Patient Healthcare Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Various socio-demographic backgrounds and risk factors will be also sought as well as activities of daily living (ADL). Chi-square test, Fisher´s exact test, t-test and logistic regression were used to explore which variables were associated with patients having depressive symptoms. Results:the prevalence rate of depressive symptoms in this cohort was 41.6%. Depression among PLHIV was found to be significantly associated with age (p |
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