Table 1

Prevalence of symptoms of common mental disorders, suicidal ideation and perceptual disorders among people living with HIV in rural Zimbabwe

Total screened
N		Positive screens
Common mental disorders*Suicidal ideation†Perceptual symptoms‡
NPrevalence§
(95% CI)		Adjusted prevalence ratio¶
(95% CI)		NPrevalence§
(95% CI)		Adjusted prevalence ratio¶
(95% CI)		NPrevalence§
(95% CI)		Adjusted prevalence ratio¶
(95% CI)
348065518.8
(14.8 to 23.7)		932.7
(1.5 to 4.7)		521.5
(0.9 to 2.6)
Sex
 Female265454721.0
(16.5 to 26.2)		1.67
(1.19 to 2.35)		783.0
(1.2 to 4.7)		1.47
(0.71 to 3.03)		431.6
(0.7 to 2.6)		1.47
(0.73 to 2.96)
 Male88610812.4
(6.9 to 17.9)		1.00151.7
(0.2 to 3.3)		1.0091.0
(0.1 to 2.0)		1.00
Age in years
 18–292804917.8
(10.3 to 25.3)		1.19
(0.74 to 1.92)		134.7
(0.2 to 9.2)		2.21
(0.86 to 5.66)		41.5
(0.0 to 2.9)		2.47
(0.69 to 8.78)
 30–3976113818.5
(13.6 to 23.4)		1.28
(0.88 to 1.87)		304.0
(1.1 to 7.0)		1.65
(0.73 to 3.71)		121.6
(0.0 to 3.3)		2.54
(0.44 to 14.57)
 40–49129226220.6
(14.9 to 26.3)		1.47
(1.16 to 1.85)		282.2
(0.6 to 3.8)		0.87
(0.51 to 1.49)		231.8
(0.5 to 3.2)		2.73
(0.87 to 8.54)
 50–5974614920.3
(15.2 to 25.5)		1.51
(1.05 to 2.17)		121.6
(0.6 to 2.7)		0.73
(0.43 to 1.24)		101.4
(0.4 to 2.4)		2.13
(0.63 to 7.20)
 60+4615712.6
(6.9 to 18.3)		1.00102.2
(0.7 to 3.7)		1.0030.7
(0.0 to 1.4)		1.00

  • Data are numbers of individuals, the prevalence of positive screens and adjusted prevalence ratios. 95% CIs are shown in parenthesis.

  • *SSQ-14 scores of 9 or greater.

  • †Yes to item 11 on the SSQ-14: ‘At times I felt like committing suicide’.

  • ‡Yes to item 5 on the SSQ-14: ‘I sometimes saw or heard things which others could not see or hear’.

  • §Prevalence of positive screening tests and logit-transformed CIs adjusted for intragroup correlation at health facilities.

  • ¶Models adjusted for sex, age and clustering of participants in facilities.

  • SSQ-14, Shona Symptoms Questionnaire.