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PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDEN AND THE IMPACT ON ENGAGEMENT WITH CARE AMONG ETHNICALLY DIVERSE OLDER WOMEN WITH HIV
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Danielle Solomon1, Shema Tariq1, Jon Alldis1, Fiona Burns1, Richard Gilson1, Caroline Sabin1, Lorraine Sherr1, Fiona Pettit2, Rageshri Dhairyawan3
BHIVA 4th April 2019
1UCL Institute for Global Health;2Positively UK; 3Barts Health NHS Trust
from Jules: these findings are similar for women all over, in the USA, in Canada, etc. Recent aging studies find women suffer more the consequences of premature & accelerated aging than men.
Physical function worse in older women than men with HIV, despite better CD4 recovery 55% of men & women with poor physical functioning, exhaustion, pain -
Frailty Predicts Fractures Among HIV-infected and Uninfected Women: Results from the Women's Interagency HIV Study - (09/17/18)
People taking more medications and women have higher fall risk in older HIV group
The Impact of Number of Medications on Falls in Aging Persons Living with HIV - every increase in 1 medication increased risk by 10% for a fall - "50, the new 65?" - (09/17/18)
AGE: Considerations for The HIV Positive Woman during menopause - (09/19/18)
HIV Stigma / Women /Aging / Relationships / Isolation / Depression-Mental Health / CVD
Childhood Trauma and Health Outcomes in HIV-Infected Patients: An Exploration of Causal Pathways- (03/23/12)
"greater lifetime trauma exposure was associated with all outcomes considered (Table 3). Each additional type of lifetime trauma was associated with 18% increased odds of unprotected sex, 13% (3% to 24%) increased odds of ARV nonadherence, 12% (4% to 21%) increased odds of hospitalization, 14% (6% to 22%) increased odds of ED use, 13% (5% to 22%) increased odds of more than 4 days in bed, a 12% (0% to 24%) increased hazard of HIV disease progression, and a 0.8-unit (0.4-1.2) lower SF36 physical health score."
Reported by Jules Levin
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