title: Brief report: Factors associated with depression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected men in San Francisco.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of and factors associated with depression among HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Homeless and marginally housed men living with HIV in San Francisco identified from the Research on Access to Care in the Homeless (REACH) Cohort.
  
  
  METHODS
  The primary outcome was symptoms of depression, as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Multivariate logistic regression was used to identify associations of sociodemographic characteristics, drug and alcohol use, housing status, jail status, having a representative payee, health care utilization, and CD4 T lymphocyte counts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 239 men, 134 (56%) respondents screened positive for depression. Variables associated with depression in multivariate analysis included white race (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.2, confidence interval [CI]=1.3 to 3.9), having a representative payee (AOR=2.4, CI=1.3 to 4.2), heavy alcohol consumption (AOR=4.7, CI=1.3 to 17.1), and recently missed medical appointments (AOR=2.6, CI=1.4 to 4.8).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depression is a major comorbidity among the HIV-infected urban poor. Given that missed medical appointments and alcohol use are likely indicators of depression and contributors to continued depression, alternate points of contact are necessary with many homeless individuals. Providers may consider partnering with payees to improve follow-up with individuals who are HIV-positive, homeless, and depressed.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. sweiser@itsa.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Sheri D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Weiser
authors.forename: Elise D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ragland
authors.forename: Gwendolyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hammer
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bangsberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009819:Office Visits; D012307:Risk Factors; D012495:San Francisco / Q000453:epidemiology; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000191:economics