Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms and Its Associated Factors among People Living with HIV Attending Public Hospitals of Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia, 2021

Table 2

HIV/AIDS status-related characteristics among PLHIV on attending ART clinic in Nekemte town public hospitals, Western Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Frequency ()	Percent (%)
CD4 count	<200	47	12.2
	200-350	88	22.9
	>350-500	98	25.5
	>500	151	39.3
Opportunistic infections	Yes	69	18.0
	No	315	82.0
Stages of HIV	Stage 1	367	95.6
	Stage 2 and above	8	2.1
Side effect	Yes	143	37.2
	No	241	62.8
ART initiation	≤23 months	30	7.8
	24-59 months	60	15.6
	≥60 months	294	76.6
Family history of mental illness	Yes	66	17.2
	No	318	82.8
History of chronic disease	Yes	177	46.1
	No	207	53.9