KNOWLEDGE OF HIV/AIDS PATIENTS ABOUT DEPRESSION AT 2 OUTPATIENT CLINICS IN THAI BINH PROVINCE

Ngô Văn Mạnh1,, Lê Đức Cường1, Bùi Thị Huyền Diệu1, Vũ Thị Quỳnh Trang2
1 Thai Binh University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 Bach Mai Hospital

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Objectives: Describe the knowledge of HIV/AIDS patients about depression at 2 outpatient clinics in Thai Binh province in 2019. Subjects: HIV / AIDS patients adults ≥ 18 years old being treated with ARV. Method: Descriptive method through cross-sectional survey. Results: The percentage of study subjects who have heard at least 1 time about depression is quite high (92.8%); And a low rate (36.5%) of the study population knew from 4 out of 6 signs of the stages of the disease; Only 31.6% of patients known 2-3 of the 3 main causes of the depression; The percentage of study subjects with knowledge about depression was 69.7%.

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