Open Access<p>Depression and Associated Factors Among Adult HIV/AIDS Patients Attending Antiretroviral Therapy at Wolaita Sodo University Teaching and Referral Hospital, Southern Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Abera Beyamo,
Terefu Bashe,
Wolde Facha,
Tezera Moshago
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
hiv/aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1373
DOI - 10.2147/hiv.s278794
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , referral , stigma (botany) , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , social stigma , cross sectional study , psychiatry , family medicine , gerontology , demography , viral load , pathology , economics , macroeconomics , sociology
Nearly, 350 million people in the world are currently living with depression. Depression happening in PLHIV leads to alteration of economic productivity, decrease of working abilities, social isolation, physical decline and difficulties in solving problems. This study investigates the burden of depression and associated factors on HIV/AIDS patients attending an ART clinic.