Resumen

MALDONADO RUIZ, Humberto; PENA OLANO, Rodrigo F.  y  TOMATEO TORVISCO, J. David. Frequency of major depressive episode and related factors in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in highly active antiretroviral therapy in a public hospital in Lima. Rev Neuropsiquiatr [online]. 2015, vol.78, n.1, pp.3-13. ISSN 0034-8597.

Objective: To estimate the frequency of major depressive episode (MDE) and related factors in HIV patients on highly activity antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia (HNCH) in January - February, 2012. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional study which addressed 205 outpatients on the HAART service at HNCH who completed a questionnaire that consigned the CES-D scale of 5 items for depressive symptoms in addition to socio-demographic and other independent variables related to HAART. According to sensibility and specificity, we approached to the diagnosis of MDE using a cut-off point of 6 on the CES-D scale. We performed bivariate and multivariate analysis to determine factors related to the frequency of major depressive episode (MDE). Results: The observed MDE frequency in the described population was 27.8%. It was found that stable job (OR=0.16, CI95% [0.03 to 0.86]) and past use of marijuana (OR=4.69, CI95% [1.08 to 20.37]) were significantly related to MDE. There was no relation between having a MDE and sexual orientation, CD4 levels and not being adherent to HAART. Conclusions: A high frequency of MDE was found, higher than the prevalence in the general population and in accordance with the results of several authors. Among the associated factors with MDE in HIV patients, stable job could be a protective factor and past use of marijuana, a risk factor. Prospective studies are required to clarify the incidence and associated factors within this mood disorder in the studied population.

Palabras clave : Depressive Disorder; HIV; HAART.

        · resumen en Español     · texto en Español     · Español ( pdf )