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Medicina interna de México
Print version ISSN 0186-4866
Abstract
LOPEZ-HERNANDEZ, Marco Antonio and MONTOYA-ESCUTIA, Patricia. Association of depression severity with adherence to the first scheme of antiretroviral treatment. Med. interna Méx. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.4, pp.557-560. ISSN 0186-4866. https://doi.org/10.24245/mim.v34i4.1828.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the rate of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the first line in patients with depressive disorders vs those without depression.
MATERIAL AND METHOD
A prospective study was done from January to June 2016 in patients from the HIV clinics of the Regional General Hospital No. 1 of IMSS, and the General Hospital Tacuba, in antiretroviral treatment with a first scheme, started more than six months ago, excluding patients with neurological disorders, different from depression, patients with diagnosis and/or previous treatment of depression. Patients answered the Beck questionnaire for depression and the SMAQ scale for adherence.
RESULTS
180 patients were evaluated with a first antiretroviral treatment regimen. It was found that 126 (70%) patients did not present depression, 36 (20%) presented depression, 15 (8.3%) presented moderate depression and 3 (1.7%) presented severe depression. Non-adherence was observed in 15.8% of patients without depression versus 55.5% of patients with depression (p = 0.01). The adherence of patients with depression was inversely proportional to the severity of the same. Regarding the viral load under the limit of suppression (< 40 copies/mL) in patients without depression, a higher proportion of patients with a viral load higher than 40 copies/mL was observed: 17.4% vs 15.8%, considered non-adherent by the SMAQ questionnaire.
CONCLUSIONS
Adherence decreases with the severity of depression in patients, putting the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment at risk.
Keywords : Antiretroviral therapy; Depression; HIV.