Prevalence of suicide ideation among HIV/AIDS patients in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Objective: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the prevalence of suicide ideation among HIV/AIDS patients in China.Methods: Systematic search of CNKI, Wanfang, China biology medicine database, Weipu, EMBASE, Web of science and PubMed for studies related to the suicide ideation of HIV/AIDS patients. The incidence of suicide ideation of HIV / AIDS patients in China was investigated by meta-analysis.Results: A total of 16 studies were included (n = 6,174). The incidence of suicidal ideation in HIV/AIDS patients was 30.6% (95%CI: 21.4-39.9%). The results of subgroup analysis showed that the incidence of suicidal ideation in male was 36.1%, which was higher than that in female (32.8%), homosexual patients (39.7%) higher than heterosexual patients (27.1%), 2013-2021 survey (35.2%) higher than 2003-2012 survey (26.5%), the unmarried patients (39.6%) were higher than the married patients (34.5%), the patients diagnosed > 1 year (28.4%) were higher than the patients diagnosed < 1 year (27.6%), and the depression patients (34.3%) were higher than patients without depression (20.5%) and CD4 cell counts <= 200 cells/ul group (20.6%) were higher than those in > 400 cells/ul group (19.8%).Conclusion: The incidence of suicide ideation in HIV/AIDS patients in China is relatively high.

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This systematic review and meta-analysis found a relatively high prevalence of suicide ideation among HIV/AIDS patients in China, with an incidence rate of 30.6%. Subgroup analysis indicated that male patients, homosexual patients, surveys conducted from 2013-2021, unmarried patients, patients diagnosed for more than 1 year, patients with depression, and patients with CD4 cell counts below 200 cells/ul had higher rates of suicide ideation.