Stigma and suicidality among people living with HIV attending a secondary healthcare facility in Nigeria.

SUICIDE risk factors; HIV infection complications; CHI-squared test; MENTAL depression; PSYCHOLOGY of HIV-positive persons; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIVARIATE analysis; SOCIAL stigma; T-test (Statistics); COMORBIDITY; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SUICIDAL ideation; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CD4 lymphocyte count; SECONDARY care (Medicine); ONE-way analysis of variance

Purpose: To ascertain the relationship between HIV‐related stigma and suicidality among people living with HIV receiving care at a hospital in Nigeria. Design and Methods: Four hundred and ten participants were administered a socio‐demographic and clinical history questionnaire, the 40‐item Berger's HIV‐stigma scale, and the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) to diagnose suicidality and depression in a cross‐sectional study. Findings: Fifty‐four (13.2%) reported suicidality; suicidal ideation was commonest and suicide plans least, in the month preceding the study. Higher suicidality risk was significantly associated with stigma (P < 0.001) and major depressive disorder (P < 0.001). Practice Implications: Suicidality is common and is associated with HIV‐related stigma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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