Depressive symptoms and associated factors among HIV positive patients attending public health facilities of Dessie town: A cross-sectional study

Yitayish Damtie; Bereket Kefale; Melaku Yalew; Mastewal Arefaynie; Bezawit Adane; Afework Edmealem; Atsedemariam Andualem

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0255824

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Depressive symptoms and associated factors among HIV positive patients attending public health facilities of Dessie town: A cross-sectional study

Yitayish Damtie ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: yitutile@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6783-6097

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Bereket Kefale,

Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1795-9886

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Melaku Yalew,

Roles Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7314-2523

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Mastewal Arefaynie,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Reproductive and Family Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia
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Bezawit Adane,

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0440-8826

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Afework Edmealem,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia
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Atsedemariam Andualem

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Adult Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessi, Ethiopia

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-5782

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Depressive symptoms and associated factors among HIV positive patients attending public health facilities of Dessie town: A cross-sectional study

Yitayish Damtie,
Bereket Kefale,
Melaku Yalew,
Mastewal Arefaynie,
Bezawit Adane,
Afework Edmealem,
Atsedemariam Andualem

Published: August 5, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255824

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