Relationship Between Patient Engagement and Depressive Symptoms Among People Living With HIV in a Mobile Health Intervention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Yu Zeng   ^{1 *} , MB ;   Yan Guo   ^{1, 2 *} , PhD ;   Linghua Li   ^{3 *} , MD ;   Y Alicia Hong   ⁴ , PhD ;   Yiran Li   ¹ , MB ;   Mengting Zhu   ¹ , BS ;   Chengbo Zeng   ^{5, 6} , MS ;   Hanxi Zhang   ⁷ , MS ;   Weiping Cai   ³ , MD ;   Cong Liu   ³ , MSN ;   Shaomin Wu   ¹ , MS ;   Peilian Chi   ⁸ , PhD ;   Aliza Monroe-Wise   ⁹ , MD ;   Yuantao Hao   ^{1, 2} , PhD ;   Rainbow Tin Hung Ho   ^{10, 11} , PhD

¹ Department of Medical Statistics, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

² Sun Yat-sen Center for Global Health, Guangzhou, China

³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Guangzhou Number Eight People’s Hospital, Guangzhou, China

⁴ Department of Health Administration and Policy, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States

⁵ South Carolina SmartState Center of Healthcare Quality, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁶ Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States

⁷ National Center of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China

⁸ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macau, China

⁹ Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

¹⁰ Department of Social Work & Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

¹¹ Centre on Behavioral Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

*these authors contributed equally