Table 1. Summary of study characteristics.
| Author and Date | Country | Title of the Article | Study Design | Data Collection | Screening Tool | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owora (2018) |
USA | Major depression disorder trajectories and HIV disease progression: results from a 6-year outpatient clinic cohort | Retrospective cohort study design | Secondary data abstracted from electronic medical records | Data extracted from EMRs | 2260 HIV patients |
| Ironson et al. (2016) |
USA | Psychosocial and neurohormonal predictors of HIV disease progression (CD4 cells and viral load): A 4-year prospective study. | A longitudinal prospective design | Clinical assessment interview and blood draw for CD4 and viral load assay | BDI | 177 HIV positive |
| Taniguchi et al. (2015) |
USA | Depression severity is associated with increased Risk behaviours and decreased CD4 cell counts | Cross sectional study design | Clinical assessment and in-depth interview | PHQ-9 | 624 HIV positive |
| Anagnostopoulos A. et al. (2015) |
Switzerland | Frequency of and Risk Factors for Depression among Participants in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) | Prospective cohort study design | Clinical and laboratory assessment | DSM-Mental disorder | 6756 HIV positive |
| M.-K. Kee et al. (2015) |
South Korea | Anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus in South Korea | Prospective cohort study design | Clinical assessment & Self-administered questionnaire | BDI | 840 HIV patients |
| Y.-Y. WANG et al. (2018) |
China | Prevalence of depressive syndrome and their association with demographic and clinical characteristics in Chinese HIV patients | Cross sectional study design | Clinical assessment & Standardized questionnaire sheet | CES-D & GAD-7 |
416 HIV patients |
| W. Prasithsirikul et al. (2016) |
Thailand | Depression and anxiety were low amongst virally suppressed, long-term treated HIV- infected individuals enrolled in a public sector antiretroviral program in Thailand | Cross sectional study design | Clinical assessment & Self-administered questionnaire | HADS | 2023 HIV patients |
| Meffert et al. (2019) |
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda | East African HIV care: depression and HIV outcomes | A longitudinal prospective design | Clinical assessment | CES-D | 2307 HIV positives |