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. 2016 Jul-Aug;27(4):468-75.
doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2016.03.002. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

The Impact of Mental Wellness on HIV Self-Management

Allison R Webel, Abdus Sattar, Nate Schreiner, Bruce Kinley, Shirley M Moore, Robert A Salata

The Impact of Mental Wellness on HIV Self-Management

Allison R Webel et al. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2016 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

As people living with HIV age, they face increasing self-management work related to HIV infection plus the prevention and mitigation of multiple chronic health conditions, including daily health practices (i.e., physical activity, nutrition), engaging in a supportive community, and accepting the chronicity of HIV. Our purpose was to describe the relationship between HIV self-management practices and mental wellness (depressive symptoms, perceived stress). Ninety-three adult people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy were enrolled and completed a survey. We used descriptive statistics to summarize variables, and Spearman rank correlation and quantile regression to study associations between variables. Participants' average age was 48.6 years, 56% were male, and 87% were African American. Daily self-management practices were associated with depressive symptoms (r = -0.19; p ≤ .01) and perceived stress (r = -0.14; p = .06); engaging with a supportive community and accepting the chronicity of HIV were not associated with mental wellness (all p > .05).

Keywords: HIV; aging; mental wellness; self-management.

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Disclosures: The authors report no real or perceived vested interests that relate to this article that could be construed as a conflict of interest

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Figure 1. Self-Management Scale Scores by Group1
1Data are presented as mean self-management scale score with error bars Indicating standard deviations. 2 Indicates people w ho reported taking at least 90% of their HIV medication in the last 7 days
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