A Worldview of the Alleviation of Suffering

Anderson, Ronald E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51391-1_1

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“…The study finds that patients with a long history of HIV tend to suffer from depression in comparison to those with relatively recent diagnoses. Contrariwise, in studies on grief and mourning, bereaving individuals tend to undergo depressive symptoms upon the diagnosis of life-limiting diseases such as HIV/AIDS but eventually adjust to the ‘bad news´ [ 31 ]. Whether this unexpected finding is influenced by concurrent ‘aging´, societal factors, or other confounders, is unclear.…”

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Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptoms among people living with HIV attending tertiary care hospitals in Oman

Madhani¹,

Harthi²,

Balkhair³

et al. 2020

Pan Afr Med J

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Introduction depressive symptoms have been widely reported among people living with HIV (PLHIV) around the world. The extent of this on PLHIV in the Arabian Peninsula is unclear. This study aims to examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) in adult Omani patients with HIV attending a tertiary care hospital. It also aims to investigate the relationship between clinical and socio-demographic variables and depressive symptoms. Methods LHIV, age >18 (n=101), participated in the study who were followed up at a teaching hospital in Muscat, Oman. Participants were identified by a convenient and consecutive sampling of eligible patients who came for consultation on the days that the investigator conducted recruitment. The presence of depressive symptoms was quantified by the Patient Healthcare Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Various socio-demographic backgrounds and risk factors will be also sought as well as activities of daily living (ADL). Chi-square test, Fisher´s exact test, t-test and logistic regression were used to explore which variables were associated with patients having depressive symptoms. Results the prevalence rate of depressive symptoms in this cohort was 41.6%. Depression among PLHIV was found to be significantly associated with age (p <0.001), HIV disease duration (p <0.001), total dependency for ADL (p <0.001) and comorbid hypertension (p <0.001). Conclusion depressive symptoms are common in Omani patients living with HIV. HIV care providers are urged to be vigilant to recognize depressive symptoms in these mood-vulnerable populations and to call for a multidisciplinary team with mental health professionals, for the prevention and treatment of depressive symptoms among PLHIV in Oman.

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