Abstract
Background: Mental illness is the leading cause of disability all over the world greatly impacting several vulnerable groups particularly people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Depression is the most common mental illness especially in people with human immunodeficiency virus and its prevalence is increasing rapidly in the world at an alarming rate among this group population. Objectives: The main aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms and related factors among patients living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 398 Human Immunodeficiency Virus patients. Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and Logistic regression analysis were used to determine predictors of depressive symptoms. Results: A total of 398 patients with the diagnosis of HIV were enrolled in the present study, whereby the majority were females (275, 69.9%). Prevalence of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive patients was 43.5% (95% CI: 38.2, 48.7). In multivariate analysis, poor sleep quality (AOR: 5.72, 95% CI: 3.52,9.27), Poor social support (AOR: 1.95, 95% CI: 1.15,3.29), lack of education status (AOR: 4.10, 95% CI: 1.92,8.76) elementary school (AOR: 2.46,95% CI: 1.26,4.79) and high school educational status (AOR: 2.11,95% CI: 1.01,4.42) were positively associated with depressive symptoms in people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Conclusion: The prevalence of depression symptoms was found to be significantly high in patients living with HIV. Patient’s poor sleep quality, poor social support and lower educational status were found to be dependent predictors of depressive symptoms. Hence, it is important to conduct more interventions to assess the depressive symptoms among HIV patients.
Highlights
The prevalence of depression symptoms was found to be significantly high in patients living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
It is important to conduct more interventions to assess the depressive symptoms among HIV patients
The depressive symptoms reported in our study found a high prevalence of 43.5% as an overall finding which is consistent with findings from previous studies conducted in Ethiopia [6, 12, 14] and elsewhere [9]
Summary
Depression is one of the foremost disabling factors in chronic illnesses It is a common psychiatric comorbidity worldwide, affecting HIV-infected patients, with estimates of lifetime prevalence rates - ranging from 4% to 45% [5]. This causes more impairment and more wellbeing losses than most other chronic diseases [6]. Mental illness is the leading cause of disability all over the world greatly impacting several vulnerable groups people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Depression is the most common mental illness especially in people with human immunodeficiency virus and its prevalence is increasing rapidly in the world at an alarming rate among this group population
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