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Depression and social functioning among HIV-infected and uninfected persons in South Africa.
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- Depression and HIV Care-seeking Behaviors in a Population-based Sample in North West Province, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Conjoint tobacco and alcohol use and depression among HIV-positive patients in Sedibeng, South Africa.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2023Article
- Functioning Problems Associated with Health Conditions with Greatest Disease Burden in South Africa: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Brief problem-solving therapy for antenatal depressive symptoms in primary care in rural Ethiopia: protocol for a randomised, controlled feasibility trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2021Article
- Detecting Depression in People Living with HIV in South Africa: The Factor Structure and Convergent Validity of the South African Depression Scale (SADS).AIDS and behavior · 2020Article
- Nurse-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adherence and Depression Among People Living With HIV (the Ziphamandla Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
- Clinical correlates of depression chronicity among people living with HIV: What is the role of suicidal ideation?Journal of affective disorders · 2019Article
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- Antenatal depressive symptoms and perinatal complications: a prospective study in rural Ethiopia.BMC psychiatry · 2017Article
- Treatment Failure, Drug Resistance, and CD4 T-Cell Count Decline Among Postpartum Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Observational
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Abstract
Depression and other health problems are common co-morbidities among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). The aim of this study was to investigate depression, health status, and substance use in relation to HIV-infected and uninfected individuals in South Africa. Using a cross-sectional case-control design, we compared depression, physical health, mental health, problem alcohol use, and tobacco use in a sample of HIV-infected (N = 143) and HIV-uninfected (N = 199) respondents who had known their HIV status for two months. We found that depression was higher, and physical health and mental health were lower in HIV-positive than HIV-negative individuals. Poor physical health also moderated the effect of HIV infection on depression; HIV-positive individuals were significantly more depressed than HIV-negative controls, but only when general physical health was also poor. We did not find an association between alcohol or tobacco use and HIV status. These results suggest the importance of incorporating the management of psychological health in the treatment of HIV.
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