Depressive symptoms in HIV-infected and seronegative control subjects in Cameroon: Effect of age, education and gender

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0171956
• Main Authors: Kanmogne, Georgette D., Qiu, Fang, Ntone, Félicien E., Fonsah, Julius Y., Njamnshi, Dora M., Kuate, Callixte T., Doh, Roland F., Kengne, Anne M., Tagny, Claude T., Nchindap, Emilienne, Kenmogne, Léopoldine, Mbanya, Dora, Cherner, Mariana, Heaton, Robert K., Njamnshi, Alfred K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 23.02.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adult; Age Factors; AIDS; Analysis; Antiretroviral drugs; Antiretroviral therapy; Biology and Life Sciences; Cameroon - epidemiology; CD4 antigen; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression (Mood disorder); Depression - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder - epidemiology; Education; Educational Status; Female; Females; Health aspects; Health care; Health care reform; Health risks; HIV; HIV - isolation & purification; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - diagnosis; HIV patients; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Lentivirus; Male; Males; Medicine and Health Sciences; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; Multivariable control; People and Places; Physical Sciences; Population studies; Psychological aspects; Quality of life; Regression analysis; Research and Analysis Methods; Retroviridae; Risk; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Social Sciences; Studies; Viral Load; Young Adult; Cameroon; South Africa; Ghana; California; United States > US; Nebraska

Depression is a leading cause of HIV/AIDS disease burden; it worsens health outcomes and quality of life. Addressing this problem requires accurate quantification of the extra burden of depression to HIV/AIDS in a given population, and knowledge of the baseline depression prevalence in the general p...