Katie Doyle|Steven Paul Woods|Erin E. Morgan|Jennifer E. Iudicello|Marizela V. Cameron|Paul E. Gilbert|Jessica Beltrán
Health-Related Decision-Making in HIV Disease
San Diego State University|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|San Diego State University|University of California, San Diego
individuals living hiv show moderate decisionmaking deficits though prior studies evaluated ability make optimal healthrelated decisions across hiv healthcare continuum fortythree hiv individuals hivassociated neurocognitive disorders hand 50 hiv individuals without hand hand 42 hiv participants administered two measures healthrelated decisionmaking part comprehensive neuropsychological battery 1 decisional conflict scale dcs 2 modified ucsd brief assessment capacity consent ubacct multiple regression analyses revealed hand independent predictor dcs ubacct hand sample evidenced significantly poorer scores relative comparison groups within hiv sample poorer healthrelated decisionmaking associated worse performance tests episodic memory risky decisionmaking health literacy findings indicate individuals hand evidence moderate deficits effectively comprehending evaluating various healthrelated choices