Moka Yoo?Jeong|Kenneth Hepburn|Marcia McDonnell Holstad|Regine Haardörfer|Drenna Waldrop?Valverde
Correlates of loneliness in older persons living with HIV
Columbia University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University|Emory University
loneliness poses significant risk morbidity mortality context older adulthood research shows older persons living hiv plwh often face increased complex vulnerability terms physical psychosocial needs may promote loneliness current study sought identify correlates loneliness sample 146 older plwh age 50 recruited outpatient hiv clinic atlanta ga participants completed survey loneliness depression hivrelated stigma social network size hivdisclosure status disease burden demographics hiv biomarkers abstracted electronic medical records participants predominantly male 60 african american 86 twelve percent n 17 reported past homelessnessunstable housing multivariable modeling revealed depression hivrelated stigma explained 41 variance loneliness beyond effects past homelessnessunstable housing disease burden r2 041 f7 138 1376 p 001 findings suggest targeting hivrelated stigma depression may reduce loneliness older plwh studies needed elucidate causal pathways greater understanding mechanisms loneliness affects health among older plwh could help better inform efforts improve health patient population