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. 2018 Sep 19;16(1):190.
doi: 10.1186/s12955-018-1020-x.

Identifying factors associated with depression among men living with HIV/AIDS and undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study in Heilongjiang, China

Huan Liu  1 , Miaomiao Zhao  1 , Jiaojiao Ren  1 , Xinye Qi  1 , Hong Sun  1 , Lemeng Qu  2 , Cunling Yan  3 , Tong Zheng  1 , Qunhong Wu  4 , Yu Cui  5
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Identifying factors associated with depression among men living with HIV/AIDS and undergoing antiretroviral therapy: a cross-sectional study in Heilongjiang, China

Huan Liu et al. Health Qual Life Outcomes. .

Abstract

Background: Depression is common among people living with HIV/AIDS; however, studies focusing on the depression of men living with HIV/AIDS are limited. Therefore, we examined the prevalence of depression and its associated factors among men living with HIV/AIDS in China.

Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted in Harbin, China between March and August in 2013. Two-hundred twenty participants completed the Burns Depression Checklist, the Berger HIV Stigma, and the SPIEGEL questionnaire. We also investigated demographics, family support, hostility, and the antiretroviral therapy side effects of men living with HIV/AIDS.

Results: More than 40% of respondents had depressive symptoms and worry about the health was the major symptom of depression (40.9%). The logistic regression model indicated that bad sleep quality (OR = 3.452), hostility (OR = 1.120), perceived discrimination (OR = 1.110), and antiretroviral therapy side effects (OR = 1.083) were positively associated with depression. Family support (OR = 0.860) was negatively associated with depression for men living with HIV/AIDS. Demographic variables, HIV infection route, disease duration, and CD4+ cell count had no significant associations with depression.

Conclusion: Although China's work of national HIV prevention and treatment has made much progress during the past several years, the prevalence of depression among men living with patients with HIV/AIDS is still prominent. The strongest factor associated with depression among men living with HIV/AIDS was sleep quality. Future studies should explore the effects of interventions for depression among PLWHA.

Keywords: Antiretroviral therapy; Depression; HIV/AIDS; Influencing factors; Male.

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All participants in this study provided written, informed consent and the Ethics Review Board of Harbin Medical University approved this study. Patients gave their written informed consent. They were informed that they have the right to discontinue their participation or withdraw their consent at any time and were not obliged to state their reasons. They were also informed that study discontinuation would not interfere with the care.

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The authors declare no competing or potential conflicts of interest. No conflict of interest exits in the submission of this manuscript, and the manuscript was approved by all authors for publication. The work described in this paper was original research that has not been published previously, and it is currently not under consideration for publication elsewhere (in whole or in part).

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