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Measuring Frailty in HIV-infected Individuals. Identification of Frail Patients is the First Step to Amelioration and Reversal of Frailty
Published on: July 24, 2013
Factors associated with a diagnosis of major depression among HIV-infected elderly patients
Aureo do Carmo Filho1, Max Kopti Fakoury, Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva
1Departamento de Medicina Geral, Hospital Universitário Gaffrée e Guinle, Escola de Medicina e Cirurgia, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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.
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