Factors associated with a diagnosis of major depression among HIV-infected elderly patients

• Autor(a) principal: Carmo Filho,Aureo do
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Fakoury,Max Kopti, Eyer-Silva,Walter de Araujo, Neves-Motta,Rogerio, Kalil,Rosangela Souza, Ferry,Fernando Raphael de Almeida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000300352
• topic: Aging; Elderly; HIV infection; Major depression

Introduction Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is being increasingly reported among the elderly and major depression (MD) may be associated with suboptimal adherence to treatment. Methods Cross-sectional study on factors associated with MD among 72 HIV-infected elderly individuals. Results Twenty (27.7%) patients were found to have MD. The female gender (odds ratio [OR] = 10.65; p = 0.00586), a low CD4 count during the study (OR = 1.005247; p = 0.01539), and current smoking status (OR = 12.89; p = 0.01693) were independently associated with MD. Conclusions Our data underscore the need to attentively search and treat MD among HIV-infected elderly patients.