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ArticleAIDS and behavior2023

Verbal Memory Performance and Depressive Symptoms in Persons with Treated HIV.

Lujie Xu, M John Gill, Christopher Power, Esther Fujiwara

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4 authors.

Lujie XuDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1703-0313
M John GillDepartment of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Christopher PowerDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Esther FujiwaraDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. efujiwara@ualberta.ca.

Funding

CIHR FRN 201803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The link between memory and comorbid depression in persons with HIV (PWH) is unclear based on evidence from published cohorts. We compared verbal memory in the HVLT-R in a well-characterized HIV cohort (n = 354) with (n = 102) or without (n = 252) comorbid depressive symptoms, and examined memory correlates in both scenarios. Memory fell within unimpaired ranges, but was lower in depressed than non-depressed PWH. Memory was related to quality of life, sociodemographic, and mental health factors, but not to assessed HIV-related or antiretroviral factors. However, longitudinally (n = 52) memory declined with presence and severity of depressive symptoms. In this treated cohort, verbal memory was unrelated to HIV-related variables but to quality of life and depressive symptoms. Greater performance decline over time also related to acute or ongoing depressive symptoms. These findings highlight the importance of addressing comorbid depressive symptoms to improve quality of life in persons with treated HIV.

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DepressionHIV InfectionsVerbal LearningBayes TheoremFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedQuality of LifeSociodemographic FactorsDepressionHIVHVLT-RMemory

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PMID36786939

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