Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam

HIV infection is common among people who inject drugs (PWID), and HIV-positive PWID may be particularly vulnerable to depression. This study measured the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the factors associated with severe symptoms among 455 HIV-positive PWID in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam. We used cro...

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Published in:PloS one 2018-01, Vol.13 (1), p.e0191548-e0191548
Main Authors: Levintow, Sara N, Pence, Brian W, Ha, Tran Viet, Minh, Nguyen Le, Sripaipan, Teerada, Latkin, Carl A, Vu, Pham The, Quan, Vu Minh, Frangakis, Constantine, Go, Vivian F
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Adult
AIDS
Alcohol use
Alcohols
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Cigarette smoking
Confidence intervals
Demographics
Depression (Mood disorder)
Depression - complications
Depression - physiopathology
Development and progression
Dosage and administration
Drug abuse
Drug dependence
Drug use
Drugs
Epidemiology
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Male
Mathematical models
Medicine and Health Sciences
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Overdose
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Prevalence
Preventive medicine
Psychological aspects
Quality of life
Risk factors
Risk taking
Sexual behavior
Sexually transmitted diseases
Smoking
Social interactions
Statistical analysis
STD
Studies
Vietnam - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:HIV infection is common among people who inject drugs (PWID), and HIV-positive PWID may be particularly vulnerable to depression. This study measured the prevalence of depressive symptoms and the factors associated with severe symptoms among 455 HIV-positive PWID in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam. We used cross-sectional data from PWID in a randomized controlled trial of an intervention to reduce high-risk injecting and sexual behaviors in Thai Nguyen from 2009-2013. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). We used logistic regression to assess demographic, clinical, and psychosocial predictors of severe depressive symptoms (CES-D≥23) with prevalence odds ratios (POR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). The prevalence of severe depressive symptoms (CES-D≥23) was 44%. 25% of participants had mild to moderate depressive symptoms (16≤CES-D
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0191548