Interventions to address depression in pregnant women living with HIV: a scoping review

Abstract

This review aims to investigate studies from various countries on interventions to address depression in pregnant women living with HIV. This review employed a Scoping Review-PRISMA-ScR method on several electronic databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and ProQuest. Articles that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were critically assessed using tools from the Joanna Briggs Institute. Six articles were included in this review. The findings revealed three themes: (1) psychosocial support, (2) peer support, and (3) psychotherapy.

Keywords:

• Pregnant women
• HIV
• depression

Author’s contributions

SM and MH played key roles in planning and formulating the research objectives, as well as in selecting the inclusion and exclusion criteria for relevant articles. SM and AEH were actively involved in the literature search, assessing the methodological quality of the articles and extracting relevant data. SM and YWS contributed to drafting the initial manuscript, refining its structure and argument flow, and revising it for clarity and accuracy. SM, MH, YWS, and AEH participated in the discussion of the results, the interpretation of findings, and the drafting of conclusions and research recommendations.

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