AUTHOR=Li Shiming , Yu Shui , Yang Queping , Yin Jieyun , Zhu Haohao , Jiang Ying , Ji Yingying 

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

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1082521

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1082521

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=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 literatures were included (n=6174). 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 less than 1 year (27.6%), and the depression patients (34.3%) were higher than patients without depression (20.5%) and CD4 cell counts ≤200cells/ul group (20.6%) were higher than those in >400cells/ul group (19.8%).
Conclusion The incidence of suicide ideation in HIV/AIDS patients in China is relatively high.