Prevalence and Risks of Depression and Substance Use Among Adults Living with HIV in the Asia-Pacific Region

Ross JL; Jiamsakul A; Avihingsanon A; Lee MP; Ditangco R; Choi JY; Rajasuriar R; Gatechompol S; Chan I; Melgar MIE; Kim JH; Chong ML; Sohn AH; Law M; Substance use, Stigma, Depression and Disability (S2D2) study group of IeDEA Asia-Pacific

doi:10.1007/s10461-022-03714-5

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Prevalence and Risks of Depression and Substance Use Among Adults Living with HIV in the Asia-Pacific Region

Ross JL ¹ , Jiamsakul A ² , Avihingsanon A ³ , Lee MP ⁴ , Ditangco R ⁵ , Choi JY ⁶ Show all authors , Rajasuriar R ⁷ , Gatechompol S ³ , Chan I ⁴ , Melgar MIE ⁵ , Kim JH ⁶ , Chong ML ⁷ , Sohn AH ⁸ , Law M ² , Substance use, Stigma, Depression and Disability (S2D2) study group of IeDEA Asia-Pacific

Affiliations

¹ TREAT Asia/amfAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research, Bangkok, Thailand. jeremy.ross@treatasia.org
² The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia
³ HIV-NAT/ Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
⁴ Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong SAR, China
⁵ Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Muntinlupa City, Philippines
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
⁷ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
⁸ TREAT Asia/amfAR - The Foundation for AIDS Research, Bangkok, Thailand

AIDS Behav, 2022 Dec;26(12):3862-3877.

PMID: 35668223 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03714-5

Abstract

Despite the mental health and substance use burden among people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the Asia-Pacific, data on their associations with HIV clinical outcomes are limited. This cross-sectional study of PLHIV at five sites assessed depression and substance use using PHQ-9 and ASSIST. Among 864 participants, 88% were male, median age was 39 years, 97% were on ART, 67% had an HIV viral load available and

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