ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2024
Depression and its role in adherence to anti-retroviral treatment in people living with HIV and AIDS in Chennai.
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Context: The AIDS epidemic has drastically reduced in India since it was first identified in 1986, largely due to the widespread availability of anti-retroviral treatment (ART). Management of HIV is currently more focussed on long term morbidities, including mental health. Depression is the most common co-morbidity seen in people living with HIV. Depression is found to negatively affect patient adherence to ART. Poor adherence to ART leads to drug resistance and susceptibility to opportunistic infections. Aims: The purpose of this study is to find the prevalence of depression among people living with HIV and to study the correlation between depression and adherence to ART. Setting and Design: The study was conducted in the ART centre at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai, between August and October 2022. Methods and Materials: Patient health questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) was used to identify depression, and the Adult AIDS clinical trials group (AACTG) questionnaire was used to identify adherence. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were entered in MS Excel and were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Version 16. The association between categorical data were analysed using Chi-square and Fisher exact test. The correlation between adherence and depression was done using the Spearman correlation. Results: The prevalence of depression was found to be 20.2%. A mild negative correlation was found between depression and adherence. Depression was found to have a significant correlation with women, unemployed, widowed, divorced individuals, and those with diabetes mellitus and tuberculosis. Conclusion: Depression is an important risk factor for adherence to ART. Though severe depression was not found in this study, mild and moderate depression was associated with reduced adherence to ART. Treating depression is likely to improve adherence and the overall wellbeing of patients with HIV and AIDS.
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