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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS Care. 2020 Jan 27;33(4):441–447. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1719966

Table 1.

Data and Sources: Depression

Parameter Value Range Type of
Probability
Distribution
Used in PSA
Sources
Depression prevalence (%)
  HIV negative 17.0 (12.0, 23.0) Beta (Ovuga, Boardman, & Wasserman, 2005)
  HIV positive 28.0 (23.0, 33.0) Beta (Breuer, Myer, Struthers, & Joska, 2011)
Odds ratios for depression
  HIV positive, status known 1.99 (1.32, 3.00) Lognormal (Dickens Akena, Musisi, Joska, & Stein, 2012; Ciesla & Roberts, 2001)
  CD4 <50 2.34 (1.39, 3.93) Lognormal (Kaharuza et al., 2006)
  Female 1.85 (1.24, 2.44) Lognormal (Kaharuza et al., 2006; Kinyanda, Hoskins, Nakku, Nawaz, & Patel, 2011)
Adherence prevalence (%) 80.0 (72.0, 88.0) Beta (Mills et al., 2006)
Odds ratios for HIV-infected individuals with depression
  Adherence 0.32 (0.11, 0.93) Lognormal (Byakika-Tusiime et al., 2009)
  No leakage 0.32 (0.11, 0.93) Lognormal Assumed
  No LTFU 0.32 (0.11, 0.93) Lognormal Assumed
Odds ratio for viral failure due to non-adherence 9.90 (3.20, 45.10) Lognormal (Obirikorang, Selleh, Abledu, & Fofie, 2013; Weidle et al., 2006)
PHQ-9 diagnostic test
  Sensitivity 0.92 (0.83, 1.00) Beta (D. Akena et al., 2013)
  Specificity 0.81 (0.73, 0.89) Beta (D. Akena et al., 2013)
Treatment effects
  Probability of remission at month 6 of initial therapy 0.70 (0.32, 0.79) Beta (Ngo et al., 2014; Patel et al., 2003)
  Probability of remission at month 12 of continuation therapy 0.40 (0.36, 0.50) Beta (Hollon, Stewart, & Strunk, 2006)

ART: antiretroviral therapy; LTFU: loss to followup; PHQ-9: Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PSA: probabilistic sensitivity analysis.