Health Condition 1: null- Depression in HIV/AIDS
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Dr Pushpa Khania
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. HIV patients who are willing to give written informed consent for participating in study. 2. Age range of 18-65 years will be included in study. 3.The duration of more than six months have been passed, after diagnosis of HIV.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who will not be ready to give informed consent. 2. Pregnant or Lactating women. 3. Other Significant chronic and systemic illness. 4. HIV patients presented with central nervous system complications like cerebral opportunistic infection, AIDS related tumours such as lymphoma, or the clinical diagnosis of HIV dementia syndrome. 5. Patients with severe mental illnesses including schizophrenia, bipolar mood disorder, cognitive impairment, chronic disabling illnesses, negative symptoms, dementia, poor attention as well as those unable to give verbal replies will be excluded from the study. 6. Patients on antidepressant, antipsychotic or anti anxiety medications in the last two months will be excluded. 7. Past history of psychiatric illness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study frequency of depression among patients living with HIV/AIDS. To study association between CD4 count and Depression in patients living with HIV/AIDS. To study association between CD4 count and Quality of life in patients living with HIV/AIDS Timepoint: After completion of study | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To study association between depression and Quality of life in patients living with HIV/AIDS. To study correlation between CD4 count and severity of depression in patients living with HIV/AIDS. Timepoint: After completion of study | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr B N Panchal
Govt. Medical College, Bhavnagar
Outcome results
None listed