Depression and coping strategies among Vietnamese women living with HIV

A qualitative study

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15540400
AutoresNia M Bhadra (Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, autor de correspondencia), R B Hershow (0000-0002-8492-3747, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Tran Viet Ha (0000-0002-8549-4761), Brian W Pence (0000-0001-7321-9538, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Nguyen Vu Tuyet, Vivian F Go (0000-0003-4828-6880, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Año2020
Volumen15
Número7
Páginas1050-1061
Fecha de publicación2020-02-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2020.1731566
PMID32107973
OpenAlexW3008574613
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas29

Women living with HIV (WLWH) are more likely to suffer from depression than seronegative women and are also more likely to suffer from depression than men living with HIV. There is limited depression research with WLWH in Vietnam. Twenty in-depth interviews with WLWH were conducted to identify pathways leading to depression and coping strategies for depression. Participants were recruited from an antiretroviral treatment clinic in northern Vietnam. Audio-recorded interviews were transcribed, translated, and analysed to identify key themes. All participants reported sudden loss of social support, debilitating depression, and suicidal ideation in the first six months after HIV diagnosis. While some were able to cope with their status after several months, others continued to struggle due to HIV-related stigma that was perceived as more isolating for WLWH than for men. Women who were able to effectively cope with depression found ways to re-establish connections to family and community. Interventions to improve mental wellbeing should link WLWH to mental health services immediately after diagnosis and address loss of support and stigma, as they contributed to the onset and persistence of depression after HIV diagnosis. Community-level HIV stigma reduction interventions may also help repair broken social bonds and foster new ones

Coping (psychology · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Qualitative research · Social stigma · Social support · Stigma (botany · Suicidal ideation · Suicide prevention · Vietnamese · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Clinical Psychology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology