ArticleGerontology2017
Loneliness in Older Black Adults with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Is Associated with Poorer Cognition.
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- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Social Cognition Among People Living with HIV: Implications for Non-Social Cognition and Social Everyday Functioning.Neuropsychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Health Outcomes Associated with Loneliness and Social Isolation in Older Adults Living with HIV: A Systematic Review.AIDS and behavior · 2025Pooled it
- Stigma and depression among heterosexual men and women living with HIV in the UK: Investigating a conceptual framework.PloS one · 2026Article
- HIV Stigma is Associated with Two-Year Decline in Cognitive Performance Among People with HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2025Article
- Loneliness Among Black/African American Adults Living with HIV: Sociodemographic and Psychosocial Correlates and Implications for Adherence.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Article
- Financial Risk Aversion Among Older Black and White Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Emotional health and its association with neurocognition in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White people with HIV.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2024Article
- Loneliness and global cognitive functioning in racially and ethnically diverse US midlife and older adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Combined effects of loneliness and inflammation on depression in people with HIV.Journal of neurovirology · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations Between Loneliness and Self-Rated Health Among Black and White Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2023Article
- Meaningful cognitive decline is uncommon in virally suppressed HIV, but sustained impairment, subtle decline and abnormal cognitive aging are not.EClinicalMedicine · 2023Article
- Understanding Social and Emotional Loneliness among Black Older Adults: A Scoping Review.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Racial Differences in the Effect of HIV Status on Motor and Pulmonary Function and Mobility Disability in Older Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Associations Between Loneliness, Reading Ability and Episodic Memory in Non-Hispanic Black and White Older Adults.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2021Article
- Susceptibility to Scams in Older Black and White Adults.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Correlates of loneliness in older persons living with HIV.AIDS care · 2020Article
- Functional deficits and other psychiatric associations with abnormal scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in older HIV-infected patients.International psychogeriatrics · 2020Article
- Risk and protective factors for health-related quality of life among persons aging with HIV.AIDS care · 2018Article
- Negative Lifestyle Factors Specific to Aging Persons Living with HIV and Multimorbidity.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareReview
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Abstract
backgroundThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is associated with cognitive impairment, and loneliness is associated with cognitive decline in old age. Older Black adults with HIV may be at particular risk of loneliness due to stigma and lack of social resources.
objectiveWe tested the hypotheses that (1) older Black adults with HIV would show greater loneliness than older White adults with HIV, and (2) greater loneliness among older Black adults with HIV would be associated with poorer cognitive function.
methodsA total of 370 participants (177 with HIV, 193 without HIV; mean age 58.8 years, standard deviation 6.2 years; mean education 13.4 years, standard deviation 2.9 years; 73.9% male, 68.9% Black) in a community-based cross-sectional study of the Rush Center of Excellence on Disparities in HIV and Aging (CEDHA) completed a 5-item self-report scale used to measure emotional loneliness and a battery of cognitive measures.
resultsContrary to our expectations, older Black adults indicated less overall loneliness than White adults (β = -0.3893, SE = 0.1466, p = 0.0087) in models controlling for the effects of age, education, sex, global cognition, and income. However, in models with cognitive function as the outcome, an interaction between race and loneliness was observed, such that older Black adults who indicated greater loneliness showed poorer cognitive function relative to White adults (β = -0.2736, SE = 0.1138, p = 0.0174).
conclusionOlder Black adults with HIV reported less loneliness than older White adults; however, the inverse association between loneliness and cognitive function was stronger in Black than White older adults. Additional work is needed to elucidate the mechanisms underlying this interaction.
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