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Observational Study
. 2018 May;22(5):1688-1698.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-017-1980-6.

Resilience and Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adults with and Without HIV

Jennifer A McGowan  1 , James Brown  2   3 , Fiona C Lampe  4 , Marc Lipman  2   3 , Colette Smith  2 , Alison Rodger  4
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Observational Study

Resilience and Physical and Mental Well-Being in Adults with and Without HIV

Jennifer A McGowan et al. AIDS Behav. 2018 May.

Abstract

Resilience has been related to improved physical and mental health, and is thought to improve with age. No studies have explored the relationship between resilience, ageing with HIV, and well-being. A cross sectional observational study performed on UK HIV positive (N = 195) and HIV negative adults (N = 130). Associations of both age and 'time diagnosed with HIV' with resilience (RS-14) were assessed, and the association of resilience with depression, anxiety symptoms (PHQ-9 and GAD-7), and problems with activities of daily living (ADLs) (Euroqol 5D-3L). In a multivariable model, HIV status overall was not related to resilience. However, longer time diagnosed with HIV was related to lower resilience, and older age showed a non-significant trend towards higher resilience. In adults with HIV, high resilience was related to a lower prevalence of depression, anxiety, and problems with ADLs. It may be necessary to consider resilience when exploring the well-being of adults ageing with HIV.

Keywords: Age; Mental health; QoL; Resilience; Time with HIV.

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Conflict of Interest

There are no conflicts of interest to declare.

Ethical Approval

All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.

Informed Consent

Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.

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