Research Article | Open Access
Volume 2023 - 1 | Article ID 231 | https://dx.doi.org/10.51521/JMHPH.2023.1101
Academic Editor: John Bose
Patrick Olarenwaju Osho1, Joshua Falade2,
Olawale Ojo-Rowland3
1Department of Hematology and Virology, University of medical
sciences, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria.
2Department of Pharmacy, University of medical sciences,
Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria
3Department of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Oyo state,
Nigeria
Corresponding Author:
P.O. Osho, Department of Hematology and Virology, University of medical
sciences, Akure, Ondo state, Nigeria. Tel: +2348034970314. Email: droshopo@gmail.com/droshopo@unimed.edu.ng
Citation: Patrick Olarenwaju Osho, Joshua Falade,
Olawale Ojo-Rowland (2023) Prevalence of Depression among HIV/AIDS Patients
in A Tertiary Hospital in Ondo State. J Ment Health Phys Health, 1(1);1-10.
Copyright: © 2023, Patrick Olarenwaju Osho. This is an
open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use,
distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and
source are credited.
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Depression
is a major disorder seen among people living with HIV/AIDS with prevalence
ranging from 0-47.8%. A strong relationship exists between Depression and high
rate of morbidity and mortality among patients living with HIV/AIDS. It tend to
affect compliance to treatment, social life as well as health-related quality
of life. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence and severity of
depression among HIV/ AIDS patients
Methods: The
research was conducted at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital,
Akure Complex, Ondo state, Nigeria. Data were collected by the Zung self-rating
Depression scale (SDS) questionnaire. Chi square test was used to check for
association and p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Results: A total
of 144 HIV positive patients were included in the study. Most of the participants in this
study were female (75%), had attained secondary level education (50%), were
married (63.9%), Christians (93.8%), were between the age range of 30-39 years
(38.9%) and were skilled worker (35.4%). There was a significant association
between depression and age (p=0.002), duration of diagnosis (p=0.027), being a
hypertensive patient (p=0.03) and being diabetic (p=0.01). Variables like
gender, marital status, education level, occupation status, monthly income,
religion, HIV/AIDS stages, ART, other diseases did not exhibit any significant association
with depression.
Conclusion: High
prevalence rate of depression was seen among people in their early diagnosis
living with HIV/AIDS. Rate of depression among HIV patient should be detected
early to help improve adherence to treatment and quality of life.
KEYWORDS: Prevalence,
Depression. Antiretroviral Treatment (ART), PLHIV
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