Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess for factors associated with depression among people living with HIV attending Bushenyi Health Center IV in Bushenyi District. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among 80 ART patients who were assessed by researcher administered questionnaire. Findings were analyzed by SPSS version 27.0. Findings revealed that prevalence of depression was found to be 23 were depressed and regarding to severity of depression,11[48%], 9[39%], 2[9%] and 1[4%] had mild, moderate, severe and extreme
depression, respectively and socio-demographic factors like age, residence and occupation were more likely to be associated with depression among people living with HIV as participants who were unemployed were 4.4 times more at risk of being depressed than participants who were employed (aOR 4.4, 95%CI 1.25-15.35, P=0.02). ART –Related factor like adherence was smore likely to be associated with depression among people living with HIV.