Results
depressive, depression, ’ loss of interest, anxiety
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We compared the difference in prevalence of three depressive and anxious symptoms that were similarly asked in both studies; specifically, we estimated changes in participants reporting feeling ‘a lot’ or ‘extreme’ loss of interest in things, hopelessness about the future, and uncontrolled worrying (Fig. Weighted prevalence differences in mental health among ART initiates before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Shinyanga region, Tanzania, 2018 & 2021–22Overall, 27% of participants surveyed before the COVID-19 pandemic had symptoms of depression and 20% had symptoms of anxiety, per the HSCL-25 (Fig. To ensure results were robust to differences in sample composition, we replicated the analyses using a subset of the sample limited to individuals recruited at the three clinics that were the same in both trials–Kahama Hospital, Kagongwa Dispensary, and Kambarage Health Center. The results were consistent with our main results, as seen in the Appendix (Table 