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Loneliness among older adults living with HIV: the "older old" may be less lonely than the "younger old".
Peter Mazonson,Jeff Berko,Theoren Loo,Mark Kane,Andrew R. Zolopa,Andrew R. Zolopa,Frank Spinelli,Maile Y. Karris,Peter Shalit +8 more
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Logistic regression analysis showed that the “younger old” were at 26% greater risk of loneliness, after controlling for the effects of these covariates, which may include lower rates of depression and lower likelihood of feeling distant from friends.Abstract:
Loneliness is common among older (age 50+) people living with HIV (PLWH). However, little is known about the prevalence of loneliness across subgroups of older PLWH, and the factors that impact lon...read more
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The interplay between HIV and COVID-19: summary of the data and responses to date.
TL;DR: COVID-19 is threatening gains against the HIV epidemic, including the U.S. goal of Ending the HIV Epidemic goals, and higher rates of comorbidities associated with CO VID-19 disease severity among PLWH are an urgent concern.
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Social Isolation Is Linked to Inflammation in Aging People With HIV and Uninfected Individuals.
Ronald J. Ellis,Jenny Iudicello,Ni Sun-Suslow,David J. Grelotti,Mariana Cherner,Erin E. Morgan,Scott Letendre,Robert K. Heaton +7 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that enhancing social support might be an intervention to reduce inflammation and its associated adverse outcomes among PWH.
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Developing a short-form version of the HIV Disability Questionnaire (SF-HDQ) for use in clinical practice: a Rasch analysis
Kelly K O'Brien,Mendwas Dzingina,Richard Harding,Wei Gao,Eve Namisango,Lisa Avery,Aileen M. Davis +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed a short-form version of the HIV Disability Questionnaire (SF-HDQ) to facilitate use in clinical and community-based practice among adults living with HIV.
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Desiring intimacy and building community: young, gay and living with HIV in the time of PrEP.
TL;DR: It is suggested that, post-PrEP rollout, men living with HIV are experiencing dating, sex and community in ways that reflect a general reduction in the experience of stigma surrounding their HIV status, suggesting an important social impact of PrEP in reducing HIV-related stigma beyond the primary prophylactic effect.
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Social-environmental resiliencies protect against loneliness among HIV-Positive and HIV- negative older men who have sex with men: Results from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).
Maria De Jesus,Deanna Ware,Andre L. Brown,James E. Egan,Sabina A. Haberlen,Frank J. Palella,Roger Detels,M. Reuel Friedman,Michael Plankey +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether social-environmental resiliencies, defined as an individual's level of support, social bonding, and psychological sense of community among gay men, buffer against symptoms of loneliness.
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