Effect of depressive symptoms and HIV exposure on the quality of life of HIV-seropositive and seronegative pregnant women

dc.creatorZoche, Ester
dc.creatorBosa, Vera Lucia
dc.creatorChaves, Eunice Beatriz Martin
dc.creatorCapp, Edson
dc.creatorCorleta, Helena von Eye
dc.date2019-08-20
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-04T21:02:45Z
dc.date.available2022-10-04T21:02:45Z
dc.identifierhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/90310
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3865519
dc.descriptionIntroduction: Depression among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive individuals has been associated with reduced quality of life. Objective: To evaluate the effect of depressive symptoms and HIV exposure on mean quality of life scores in HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative postpartum women. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with two groups: 80 HIV-seropositive and 80 HIV-seronegative postpartum women. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and the World Health Organization Quality of Life short-version scale were used to assess presence of depressive symptoms and quality of life scores. Two-way analysis of variance was used to compare the effects of depressive symptoms, HIV exposure and interaction between depressive symptoms and HIV exposure on mean quality of life scores, with p < 0.05 considered statistically significant. Results: Depressive symptoms were present in 35% (28) of HIV-seropositive and 17.5% (14) of HIV-seronegative participants (p = 0.02). The interaction between depressive symptoms and HIV exposure was not significant for any quality of life domain. The main effect of HIV exposure was also not significant. Depressive symptoms had a negative influence on quality of life scores in all domains (physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment) (p < 0.001). Conclusion: The quality of life of pregnant women is negatively influenced by the presence of depressive symptoms.  Keywords: Pregnancy; quality of life; depression and HIVpt-BR
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dc.publisherHCPA/FAMED/UFRGSpt-BR
dc.relationhttps://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/hcpa/article/view/90310/pdf
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2019 Clinical and Biomedical Researchpt-BR
dc.sourceClinical & Biomedical Research; Vol. 39 No. 2 (2019)en-US
dc.sourceClinical and Biomedical Research; v. 39 n. 2 (2019)pt-BR
dc.source2357-9730
dc.subjectPregnancypt-BR
dc.subjectquality of lifept-BR
dc.subjectdepression and HIVpt-BR
dc.subjectpregnancypt-BR
dc.subjectquality of lifept-BR
dc.subjectHIV Seropositivitypt-BR
dc.subjectdepressionpt-BR
dc.titleEffect of depressive symptoms and HIV exposure on the quality of life of HIV-seropositive and seronegative pregnant womenpt-BR
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
dc.typeAvaliado por Parespt-BR


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