ArticleAIDS and behavior2021
Depression and Viral Suppression Among Adults Living with HIV in Tanzania.
Article in AIDS and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07080138 (Research on the Psychological Status of Patients With HIV-1 Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Research on the Psychological Status of Patients With HIV-1 Infection
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Depressive Symptoms and HIV Viral Suppression: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Antenatal depression and adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Trial
- Effect of the Friendship Bench Intervention on Antiretroviral Therapy Outcomes and Mental Health Symptoms in Rural Zimbabwe: A Cluster Randomized Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Cholecalciferol Supplementation Does Not Affect the Risk of HIV Progression, Viral Suppression, Comorbidities, Weight Loss, and Depression among Tanzanian Adults Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy: Secondary Outcomes of a Randomized Trial.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Trial
- Changes in Racial Disparities in Viral Suppression Among People with HIV from 2013-2020: A Statewide Cohort Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- How has mental health impacted the HIV epidemic and how has the HIV epidemic impacted mental health in Western Kenya? A mathematical modelling study.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- The prevalence and factors associated with common mental health conditions among female sex workers in Dar es salaam, Tanzania.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Gender, mental health symptoms, loss to clinic, and viral non-suppression 6 months after HIV care initiation among a cohort of people with HIV in Cameroon.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Depression and the revolving door of HIV care: using multistate approaches to understand complex longitudinal exposure/outcome relationships among a cohort of people entering HIV care in Cameroon from 2019 to 2020.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Mental health service use and shortages among a cohort of women living with HIV in Canada.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Population-Level Portal-Based Anxiety and Depression Screening Perspectives in HIV Care Clinicians: Qualitative Study Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Associations Between Social Support and Symptoms of Antenatal Depression with Infant Growth and Development Among Mothers Living with HIV in Tanzania.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Mental Health, ART Adherence, and Viral Suppression Among Adolescents and Adults Living with HIV in South Africa: A Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- HIV-Related Stigma, Social Support, and Symptoms of Mental Health Disorders Among People with HIV Initiating HIV Care in Cameroon.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2023Article
- Perinatal Depressive Symptoms and Viral Non-suppression Among a Prospective Cohort of Pregnant Women Living with HIV in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Effect of the Friendship Bench intervention on antiretroviral therapy outcomes and mental health symptoms in rural Zimbabwe: A cluster randomized trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
- Effect of Multi-Month Dispensing on Viral Suppression for Newly Enrolled Adolescents and Adults in Northern Nigeria.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
- School readiness among children born to women living with HIV in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cohort study protocol.BMJ paediatrics open · 2022Observational
- Prevalence of stressful life events and associations with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder among people entering care for HIV in Cameroon.Journal of affective disorders · 2022Article
- HIV disclosure and depressive symptoms among pregnant women living with HIV: a cross-sectional study in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2022Article
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Abstract
Limited information is available on the association between depression and viral suppression among people living with HIV (PLH) in sub-Saharan Africa. We conducted a prospective cohort study of 3996 adults initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Log-binomial models were used to assess the association between depression and the risk of an unsuppressed viral load (> 400 copies/mL) after 6 months of ART. Women who had depression at both initiation and after 6 months of treatment had 1.94 times (95% CI 1.22, 3.09; z = 2.78, p < 0.01) the risk of an unsuppressed viral load after 6 months of treatment as compared to women who did not have depression at either time point. Men with the top tertile of depressive symptoms after 6 months of treatment had 1.58 times the risk of an unsuppressed viral load (95% CI 1.04, 2.38; z = 2.15, p = 0.03) as compared to the lowest tertile. Research should be pursued on interventions to prevent and address depression among adults initiating ART to potentially support achievement of viral suppression.
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