Prevalencia de depresión y factores asociados en pacientes con VIH/SIDA, atendidos en la consulta externa del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca 2017-2018

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of depression and associated factors in patients with HIV / AIDS in the Infectology outpatient service of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso, Cuenca. METHODOLOGY: Observational, analytical, cross section prevalence study, carried out in 246 patients in the Infectology outpatient service with diagnosis of HIV / AIDS. A survey with demographic variables and associated factors, as well as the Beck Depression Inventory were applied. The obtained data was analyzed and presented with the programs Microsoft Excel 2010, Epi Data 3.1. and SPSS 18.0. For the analysis of the data, percentages, simple frequencies and averages were used. Chi2 was used to determine the statistical association of variables with an IC of 95%, PR and p value<0.05. RESULTS: The most relevant characteristics of the investigated population were: mean age of 35 years, 72.4% of males, 58.5% of single people, 46.3% of secondary education, 60.6% of patients who live between 1 and 5 years with the disease. The prevalence of depression was 42.3%. The following risk factors were found: being a young adult (18-39 years) (p = 0.026), female sex (p = 0.000) and 5 years or less elapsed since the diagnosis (p = 0.011). No statistically significant relationship was found between depression and level of education or marital status. CONCLUSIONS: It was shown that a high percentage of patients with HIV / AIDS suffer from depression, being more frequent in young adults, women and with a shorter time since diagnosis