Screening of Anxiety and Depression Related CD4 Count of People Living with HIV/AIDS with Anti-Retroviral in Medan, Indonesia | Zendy

Dona Farila Agus | Zendy; Elmeida Effendy | Zendy; Vita Camellia | Zendy

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Screening of Anxiety and Depression Related CD4 Count of People Living with HIV/AIDS with Anti-Retroviral in Medan, Indonesia

Author(s) -

Dona Farila Agus,

Elmeida Effendy,

Vita Camellia

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.396

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , hospital anxiety and depression scale , correlation , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , polyclinic , population , immunology , psychiatry , environmental health , geometry , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics

HIV, which causes AIDS, infects the immune system cells, by destroying or damaging the function of the CD4. PLWHA will have twice the risk of experiencing mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety compared with the general population, thereby suppressing immune function, decreasing their quality of life, decreasing the level of adherence to treatment, and contributing significantly to the occurrence of premature death.

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