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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression among PLHIV in Ethiopia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, 2017.
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- Depressive symptoms and its determinants among people living with HIV in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Current ART, determinants for virologic failure and implications for HIV drug resistance: an umbrella review.AIDS research and therapy · 2023Pooled it
- The Global Landscape of the Burden of Depressive Symptoms/Major Depression in Individuals Living With HIV/AIDs and Its Effect on Antiretroviral Medication Adherence: An Umbrella Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- HIV/AIDS treatment failure and associated factors in Ethiopia: meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
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- Pathogenesis of HIV-associated depression: contributing factors and underlying mechanisms.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Elevated frequency and everyday functioning implications of vascular depression in persons with HIV disease.Journal of psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Depression and Associated Factors among People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Attending Antiretroviral Therapy in Public Health Facilities, Hosanna Town, Southern Ethiopia.Depression research and treatment · 2023Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Causes of Depression among Persons Living with HIV Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda: Implications for Policy.Psychiatry journal · 2023Article
- Association Between Sunlight Exposure and Mental Health: Evidence from a Special Population Without Sunlight in Work.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Prevalence and associations of depression, anxiety, and stress among people living with HIV: A hospital-based analytical cross-sectional study.Health science reports · 2022Article
- Social support, perceived stigma, and depression among PLHIV on second-line antiretroviral therapy using structural equation modeling in a multicenter study in Northeast Ethiopia.International journal of mental health systems · 2022Article
- Association between Internalized Stigma and Depression among People Living with HIV in Thailand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Depressive symptoms and associated factors among adults attending antiretroviral therapy clinic in Debre Markos comprehensive specialized hospital, Amhara, Ethiopia.SAGE open medicine · 2022Article
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- Social distancing and anxiety among female caregivers of children ages zero-to-five during coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in the United States.Journal of affective disorders reports · 2021Article
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is associated with depressive symptoms in older adults with HIV disease.Journal of neurovirology · 2021Article
- Integration of mental health services into HIV healthcare facilities among Thai adolescents and young adults living with HIV.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Article
- Depressive symptoms and their determinants in patients who are on antiretroviral therapy in the case of a low-income country, Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of mental health systems · 2021Article
- Prevalence of unrecognized depression and associated factors among medical outpatient department attendees; a cross sectional study.PloS one · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundDepression is a substantial contributor to the global burden of disease and affects people in all communities across the globe. Depression is the most common psychiatric problem associated with HIV/AIDS and half of all PLWHIV with depression go underdiagnosed and untreated. Psychiatric complications of HIVAIDS delay mental health services in less affluent countries. However, there is lack of study with regard to the pooled estimation prevalence of depression in PLWHIV in Ethiopia.
objectivesThe aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to summarize the most current available evidence from 2010 to March 2017 among adult PLWHIV in Ethiopia.
methodsThe team explored multiple databases searching methods including MEDLINE/PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Advance Scholar, and Google Scholar to find studies published with the data on the prevalence of depression among PLWHIV. We searched 150 research articles; of these 143 articles were excluded. Subsequently, thirteen articles were used for synthesis prevalence and four studies were included in the synthesis effect of sex on depression among PLWHIV.
resultsThe total of pooled estimated prevalence of depression in PLWHIV was 36.65. Estimated prevalence of depression in three studies by using CES-D was 31.19% and in six studies by using PHQ-9 was 37.91%. The remaining four studies used a single tool: Kessler-6 Scale (15.5%), HADS (41.2%), HDSQ (43.9%), and BDI (55.8%). Factors such as age, marital status, living alone, poor medication adherence, poor social support, clinical stages II and III of HIV, stigma, income, and occupation were significantly associated with depression. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION: The pooled estimate prevalence of depression among PLWHIV was higher than that in the general population. It is better to offer special attention to these populations.
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