Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression Among HIV/AIDS Patients Attending Anti-Retroviral Therapy Clinics at Gurage Zone Selected Government Hospitals, South west, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wordofa Berhanu (Msc) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Workye Haile | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-16T06:15:59Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:51:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-16T06:15:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:51:07Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Currently HIV/AIDS is the major burden and public health problems globally and two third of the PLWHA are living in Sub-Saharan Africa. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is also high in Ethiopia. Mental disorders particularly depression is the most prevalent among PLWHA than the people without HIV/AIDS. Currently even if the management of HIV/AIDS is modified and updated through time, the diagnosis as well as the management of depression among PLWHA did not get any consideration. Objective: The main aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of depression among HIV/ AIDS patients attending ART clinics at Gurage zone selected government Hospitals, southwest, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018 Methods: An institution based cross sectional study was conducted with a total of 328 HIV/ AIDS patients attending ART clinics at Gurage zone selected government Hospitals from March 1-30/2018.The collected data was entered into Epi-data 4.2.0.0 and exported to SPSS version 25 for analysis. Binary and multivariable Logistic regression was performed to determine each factor and to check the association between independent variable and depression. Result: The prevalence of depression among PLWHA attending attending ART clinics at Gurage Zone selected Government Hospitals, Southwest, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018 was 37.5%.This study confirmed that sex, monthly income, internally stigmatized, social support, duration of HAART and HAART interruption were associated with depression where as age category, ethnicity, religion, marital status, educational level, occupation, lost jobs, living condition, CD4 count, WHO HIV/AIDS clinical stages and drug regimen were not associated. Conclusion and recommendation: the prevalence of depression among PLWHA attending ART clinics at Gurage Zone selected Government Hospitals, Southwest, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018 was high. Sex, monthly income, internalized stigma, social support, duration of HAART and HAART interruption were significantly associated with depression. Therefore there should be a priority care for PLWHA who are females, have low monthly income, internally stigmatized, have low social support and who did not take their ART properly. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14287 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | depression, HIV/AIDS | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence and Associated Factors of Depression Among HIV/AIDS Patients Attending Anti-Retroviral Therapy Clinics at Gurage Zone Selected Government Hospitals, South west, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |