Deborah Oyine Aluh|Obinna Chukwudi Anyachebelu|Abdulmuminu Isah
Depression literacy among people living with HIV/AIDS in a Nigerian tertiary hospital
University of Nigeria|Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University|University of Nigeria
introduction depression prevalent psychiatric comorbidity linked human immunodeficiency virus hiv infectionthis study aimed assess depression literacy risk perception preferred source help depression among people living hivacquired immunodeficiency syndrome aidsmaterial methods crosssectional descriptive surveythe dlit questionnaire used assess depression literacydata analyses completed ibm statistical product services solution windows version 210descriptive analyses performed characterize survey sampleopenended responses grouped based similarity thematic content frequenciespercentages reportedkruskalwallis mannwhitney tests carried compare independent variables significance set p 005results total 188 351 questionnaires distributed completed response rate 5371about 532 respondents n 100 depression knowledge scores less average score 1054 2032males statistically significant higher depression literacy scores femalesthe majority respondents reported would seek help primary care physician 479 n 90 less onefifth opted seek help psychologist 186 n 35a greater proportion males recommended seeking help psychologist compared females 250 n 12 vs 164n 23 conclusionsthe people living hivaids surveyed poor knowledge depression majority felt risk getting depresseda majority reported would seek help primary care physician therefore underscoring importance routine depression screening among population