A comparison of the prevalence and clinical features of depression in HIV-positive and HIV-negative elderly patients in Uganda (original) (raw)

2016

Abstract

Background Depression is a leading contributor to the burden of disease worldwide, a serious co morbidity and critical barrier to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) care and prevention especially in Sub- Saharan Africa. It is unclear if among elderly HIV/ Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) positive individuals the characteristics of the illness presents different as compared to elderly HIV/AIDS negative individuals. We thus set out to compare the prevalence and clinical features associated with depression among elderly HIV positive and elderly HIV negative patients in Mulago Hospital. Methods This was a comparative cross sectional study of HIV positive and HIV negative individuals aged ≥ 60 years. They were enrolled from the Assessment Centre and the AIDS clinic in Mulago Hospital. The Geriatric Depression Scale was used to screen for depression, any individual score of ≥10, had the diagnosis of depression confirmed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. Da...

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