Perceived family support and depression among people living with HIV/AIDS in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 214-222

  Shrestha, Sadhana ^a   Poudel, Krishna C ^b,c   Poudel Tandukar, Kalpana ^d   Kobayashi, Jun ^e,f   Pandey, Basu Dev ^g   Yasuoka, Junko ^h   Otsuka, Keiko ^h   Jimba, Masamine ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

depression; Nepal; perceived family support; PLWHA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PERCEIVED FAMILY SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPORT GROUP;

DEPRESSION; NEPAL; PERCEIVED FAMILY SUPPORT; PLWHA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84900339909     PISSN: 23259574     EISSN: 23259582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109712456741     Document Type: Article

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