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Understanding depression and the PHQ-9 items among people living with HIV: A multiple methods qualitative study in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
SSM Ment Health
December 2024
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
People living with HIV (PLWH) are disproportionately affected by depression, which often remains underdiagnosed and untreated, negatively impacting quality of life and treatment outcomes. Low resource settings often lack clinical professionals to identify depression, therefore screening tools such as the PHQ-9 allow for broader depression screening. This qualitative study among PLWH in Yaoundé Cameroon aimed to a) explore local understandings of depression and mental distress and b) assess comprehension and interpretation of the PHQ-9 items and response categories.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccuracy of Alternative PHQ-9 Scoring Algorithms to Screen for Depression in People Living With HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr
February 2025
University of Bordeaux, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) UMR 1219, Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) EMR 271, Bordeaux Population Health Centre, Bordeaux, France.
Background: Screening for depression remains a priority for people living with HIV (PLWH) accessing care. The 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) is a widely used depression screening tool, but has limited accuracy when applied across various cultural contexts. We aimed to evaluate the performance of alternative PHQ-9 scoring algorithms in sub-Saharan African PLWH.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExposure to bovine livestock and latent tuberculosis infection in children: Investigating the zoonotic tuberculosis potential in a large urban and peri-urban area of Cameroon.
PLOS Glob Public Health
August 2024
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), a neglected zoonotic disease, is endemic in cattle in many Sub-saharan African countries, yet its contribution to tuberculosis (TB) burden is understudied. Rapid urbanisation and increase in demand for animal proteins, including dairy products, increases the risk of spill over. This study compared the latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) risk in children, a proxy-measure for recent TB infection, in children living in high cattle density areas to children from the general population in Cameroon.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrection: Value of combining biological age with assessment of individual frailty to optimize management of cancer treated with targeted therapies: model of chronic myeloid leukemia treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (BIO-TIMER trial).
BMC Cancer
July 2024
Biological Hematology Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Accuracy of nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire against psychiatric diagnosis for depression among people with HIV.
AIDS
October 2024
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the performance of the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) against psychiatrist diagnosis in people with HIV (PWH).
Design: Cross-sectional analysis of data collected between January 2018 and July 2022 across five sites in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Senegal, and the Republic of Congo. Participants were ≥18 years and receiving HIV care at the participating site.
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