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Relationship between depression and risk behaviors in a US Military population with HIV infection.
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AIDS Care . Sep2019, Vol. 31 Issue 9, p1152-1156. 5p. 4 Charts. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This study evaluated the relationships between depression trajectories, depression diagnosis and sexual risk behaviors in the US Military HIV Natural History Study. Risk behavior survey data, a coded diagnosis of depression, available Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression measures, and self-reported depressive symptoms (n = 662) were utilized. Latent class analysis created 3 classes of depression trajectories, namely, low depression (LD, n = 378), recent-onset depression (ROD, n = 170), and high depression (HD, n = 114) trajectories. Overall, participants with clinically diagnosed depression were less likely to report often using condoms with new sexual partners in the past 3 months than those who have never been diagnosed with depression (OR 0.15, 95% CI 0.49–2.53). Participants with ROD (OR 0.52, 95% CI 0.28–0.97) and HD (OR 0.48, 95% CI 0.24–0.96) trajectories were less likely to report often using condoms with new sexual partners in the past 3 months than those with LD trajectories. Moreover, those with either ROD (OR 2.13, 95% CI 1.19–3.80) or HD (OR 2.74, 95% CI 1.43–5.24) trajectories were more likely to have had sex with ≥2 new sexual partners in the last 3 months than those with LD trajectories. Continued efforts targeting HIV-infected persons with mental health disorders are warranted to reduce sexual risk behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DIAGNOSIS of mental depression
*AGE factors in disease
*CONDOMS
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*MENTAL depression
*PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons
*LATENT structure analysis
*PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
*RISK-taking behavior
*SELF-evaluation
*PSYCHOLOGY of military personnel
*SURVEYS
*UNSAFE sex
*SEXUAL partners
*ODDS ratio
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09540121
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- AIDS Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137434298
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2019.1595522