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Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam
BACKGROUND: 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....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191548 |
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author | 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. |
author_facet | 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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description | BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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). RESULTS: The prevalence of severe depressive symptoms (CES-D≥23) was 44%. 25% of participants had mild to moderate depressive symptoms (16≤CES-D<23), and 31% experienced no depressive symptoms (CES-D<16). Not being married, self-rated poor health, greater frequency of injection drug use, history of overdose, no alcohol use, and daily cigarette smoking were positively associated with severe depressive symptoms in unadjusted models and remained predictive in a multivariable model. The strongest predictors of depressive symptoms were self-reported poor health (POR = 2.94, 95% CI: 1.82, 4.76), no current alcohol use (POR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.47, 3.77), and not currently married or cohabitating (POR = 2.21, 95% CI = 1.40, 3.47). CONCLUSION: Severe depressive symptoms were common among HIV-positive PWID in Thai Nguyen and were strongly associated with demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors. Interventions that promote social support from family and reduce drug dependence may particularly benefit PWID experiencing severe depressive symptoms. Greater recognition and treatment of depressive symptoms has the potential to enhance quality of life and improve HIV clinical outcomes for PWID. |
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spelling | pubmed-57834072018-02-08 Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam 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. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: 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). RESULTS: The prevalence of severe depressive symptoms (CES-D≥23) was 44%. 25% of participants had mild to moderate depressive symptoms (16≤CES-D<23), and 31% experienced no depressive symptoms (CES-D<16). Not being married, self-rated poor health, greater frequency of injection drug use, history of overdose, no alcohol use, and daily cigarette smoking were positively associated with severe depressive symptoms in unadjusted models and remained predictive in a multivariable model. The strongest predictors of depressive symptoms were self-reported poor health (POR = 2.94, 95% CI: 1.82, 4.76), no current alcohol use (POR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.47, 3.77), and not currently married or cohabitating (POR = 2.21, 95% CI = 1.40, 3.47). CONCLUSION: Severe depressive symptoms were common among HIV-positive PWID in Thai Nguyen and were strongly associated with demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors. Interventions that promote social support from family and reduce drug dependence may particularly benefit PWID experiencing severe depressive symptoms. Greater recognition and treatment of depressive symptoms has the potential to enhance quality of life and improve HIV clinical outcomes for PWID. Public Library of Science 2018-01-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5783407/ /pubmed/29364928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191548 Text en © 2018 Levintow et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article 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. Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title | Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title_full | Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title_short | Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among HIV-positive men who inject drugs in Vietnam |
title_sort | prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms among hiv-positive men who inject drugs in vietnam |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5783407/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29364928 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191548 |
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