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

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Aureo do Carmo Filho, Max Kopti Fakoury, Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva, Rogerio Neves-Motta, Rosangela Souza Kalil, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013
• Subjects: Aging; Elderly; HIV infection; Major depression; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-1228-2013; https://doaj.org/article/2f465d0754914b75b01bf55b4da088b9

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.