2019
Depression and all‐cause mortality risk in HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected US veterans: a cohort study
So‐Armah K, Gupta S, Kundu S, Stewart J, Goulet J, Butt A, Sico J, Marconi, Crystal S, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Budoff M, Gibert C, Chang C, Bedimo R, Freiberg. Depression and all‐cause mortality risk in HIV‐infected and HIV‐uninfected US veterans: a cohort study. HIV Medicine 2019, 20: 317-329. PMID: 30924577, PMCID: PMC6459698, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12726.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionMajor depressive disorderHIV statusDepressive symptomsMedian followCause mortalityDepressive disorderMortality riskVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) dataDeath rateMajor depressive disorder diagnosisFirst clinic visitCause mortality riskPHQ-9 scoresNinth Revision codesPatient Health QuestionnaireDepressive disorder diagnosisPHQ-9 dataCohort study dataContribution of depressionDepression definitionsClinic visitsCohort studyComorbid conditionsEligible participants
2010
Time to Depression Treatment in Primary Care Among HIV-infected and Uninfected Veterans
Hooshyar D, Goulet J, Chwastiak L, Crystal S, Gibert C, Mattocks K, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Justice AC, for the VACS Project Team. Time to Depression Treatment in Primary Care Among HIV-infected and Uninfected Veterans. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2010, 25: 656-662. PMID: 20405335, PMCID: PMC2881956, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1323-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPHQ-9 assessmentMental health visitsDepressed HIVUninfected patientsHIV serostatusDepression treatmentPrimary careDepression severityHealth visitsInclusion criteriaPatient Health Questionnaire scoresUntreated depressive symptomsPrimary care treatmentKaplan-Meier curvesPHQ-9 scoresGeneral medicine clinicProportional hazards methodsStudy inclusion criteriaMajority of depressionsAntidepressant receiptBackgroundMultiple factorsUninfected veteransPatient characteristicsProspective cohortTotal cohort