Citation

Passos SM, Souza LD, Spessato BC. AIDS Care 2014; 26(11): 1379-1382.

Affiliation

a Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Comportamento , Universidade Católica de Pelotas-RS , Pelotas , Brasil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09540121.2014.913767

PMID

24797027

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was developed to evaluate suicide risk and associated factors in HIV/AIDS patients at a regional reference center for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in southern Brazil. We assessed 211 patients in regard to suicide risk, clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, drug use, depression, and anxiety. Suicide risk was assessed with Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, Module C. Multivariate analysis was performed using Poisson regression. Of the total sample, 34.1% were at risk of suicide. In the multivariate analysis, the following variables were independently associated with suicide risk: female gender; age up to 47 years; unemployment; indicative of anxiety; indicative of depression; and abuse or addiction on psychoactive substances. Suicide risk is high in this population. Psychosocial factors should be included in the physical and clinical evaluation, given their strong association with suicide risk.

Language: en