Correlated depressive symptoms within seroconcordant, expectant partners living with HIV in Zambézia Province, Mozambique
A cross-sectional study
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Approximately 15% of people with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa have comorbid depression, which impacts treatment outcomes. We describe predictors of baseline depressive symptoms in 1079 female and 1079 male participants in a cluster-randomized trial in Zambézia Province, Mozambique from November 2017 to December 2020. We modeled each partners’ depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]) using proportional odds models adjusted for enrollment date, age, body mass index [BMI], partner’s PHQ-9 score, district, relationship status, education, occupation, WHO HIV clinical stage, and antiretroviral therapy use history. A post hoc analysis assessed covariate-adjusted rank correlation between partner depressive symptoms. Females were younger than males (median 23 vs. 28 years) and more likely to report no education (20.7% vs. 7.9%). Approximately 10% screened positive for depression (PHQ-9 score ≥ 10). Partner depressive symptoms were predictive of higher participant PHQ-9 scores. A male partner PHQ-9 score of 10 (versus 5) increased the odds that the female partner would have a higher PHQ-9 score (adjusted odds ratio: 7.25, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 5.43–9.67). Partner PHQ-9 scores were highly correlated after covariate adjustment (Spearman’s rho 0.65, 95% CI 0.57–0.72). Interventions aimed to reduce depressive symptoms and improve HIV-related outcomes during pregnancy should address both partners’ depressive symptoms
Anxiety · Body mass index · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Depressive symptoms · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Patient Health Questionnaire · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demography · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Internal Medicine
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