Prevalence of depression and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients attending antiretroviral therapy clinic at Dessie referral hospital, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Prevalence of depression and associated factors among HIV/AIDS patients attending antiretroviral therapy clinic at Dessie referral hospital, South Wollo, Ethiopia

Abstract Introduction Depression is one of the common mental health disorders and predicted to be the second cause of the global health burden by the year 2020. Depression in HIV patients may lead to poor engagement to their HIV care which may finally result in poor treatment outcomes. Therefore, th...

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Main Authors: Seada Seid, Oumer Abdu, Mebratu Mitiku, Koku Sisay Tamirat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
Subjects:
Depression
HIV/AIDS
Dessie
Ethiopia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13033-020-00389-0

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