Citation
Parcesepe, Angela M.; Remch, Molly; Dzudie, Anastase; Ajeh, Rogers; Nash, Denis; Anastos, Kathryn; Yotebieng, Marcel; Adedimeji, Adebola; Pefura-Yone, Eric; & Lancaster, Kathryn E. (2022). Depressive Symptoms, Gender, Disclosure, and HIV Care Stage among People Living with HIV in Cameroon. AIDS and Behavior, 26(3), 651-661. PMCID: PMC8915538Abstract
Depression is associated with suboptimal HIV care outcomes. Little is known about the extent to which the prevalence of depressive symptoms varies across the HIV care continuum. Also, the relationship among gender, HIV disclosure, HIV care stage, and depressive symptoms in PLWH remains poorly understood. We analyzed cross-sectional data from 12,507 PLWH at enrollment in International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) Cameroon between 2016 and 2020. Recent depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2). A score of three or greater on the PHQ-2 was considered indicative of likely major depressive disorder. We estimated the prevalence of depressive symptoms across three stages of HIV care: those not yet on antiretroviral therapy (ART), recent ART initiators (ART initiation URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03425-3Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2022Journal Title
AIDS and BehaviorAuthor(s)
Parcesepe, Angela M.Remch, Molly
Dzudie, Anastase
Ajeh, Rogers
Nash, Denis
Anastos, Kathryn
Yotebieng, Marcel
Adedimeji, Adebola
Pefura-Yone, Eric
Lancaster, Kathryn E.