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Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to understand the risk factors of combined depression with anxiety
Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to prevent the mood problems of combined depression with anxiety
To explore the risk factors of combined depression with anxiety in male prisoners with history of intravenous drug use (IDU) in southern Taiwan.
Methods:
A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling and using The Zeng Depression Scale (ZDS) and the Zeng Anxiety Scale (ZAS) self-report questionnaires for data collection. The risk factors of combined depression with anxiety among those participants were examined by χ2 test and Logistic regression.
Results:
From 2009 to 2010, 774 IDUs were recruited in this study. 671 participants completed the questionnaires; 23% (n=155) of all participants had combined depression with anxiety; and 17% (n=111) were HIV carriers. 27% (n=42) of those HIV carriers had combined depression with anxiety.Those male IDUs with lower education (χ2= 3.33, P= .043), alcohol drinking (χ2= 4.40, P= .025) had significantly higher rate of combined depression with anxiety, whereas the relationship between HIV carriers and combined depression with anxiety was not significant among those IDUs.
Conclusion:
Lower education and history of alcohol use are risk factors for a combination of depression and anxiety in IDUs in this study.