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Perceived Family Support And Depression Among People Living With Hiv/Aids In The Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Plos One), Sadhana Shrestha, Krishna Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Jun Kobayashi, Basu Dev Pandey, Junko Yasuoka, Keiko Otsuka, Masamine Jimba
Perceived Family Support And Depression Among People Living With Hiv/Aids In The Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Plos One), Sadhana Shrestha, Krishna Poudel, Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar, Jun Kobayashi, Basu Dev Pandey, Junko Yasuoka, Keiko Otsuka, Masamine Jimba
Kalpana Poudel-Tandukar
Background: Depression is emerging as a highly prevalent psychiatric condition among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Perceived family support (PFS) buffers depression among chronic disease patients. However, a similar relationship among
PLWHA is unexplored. Objective: To examine the relationship between PFS and depression among PLWHA in the
Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, depression was measured by Beck Depression Inventory Ia.
Perceived family support was measured by Nepali Family Support and Difficulties Scale. The status of depression was compared
between 208 PLWHA and 208 HIV-negative participants. The relationship between PFS and depression was examined only among
PLWHA. Results: …