Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes and association with quality of life among adults living with HIV: a cross-sectional focus on a low-literacy population from coastal Kenya.
Moses Kachama NyongesaPatrick N MwangalaPaul MwangiMartha KombeCharles R J C NewtonAmina A AbubakarPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
Our findings suggest that adults of low-literacy levels living with HIV and on antiretroviral medication at the Kenyan coast do not have significant cognitive deficits compared with their uninfected counterparts. However, their mental health, compared with that of HIV-uninfected adults, remains poorer and their quality of life may deteriorate when HIV and depressive symptoms co-occur.
Keyphrases
- hiv infected
- mental health
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- human immunodeficiency virus
- depressive symptoms
- hiv aids
- hiv infected patients
- health information
- mental illness
- hiv testing
- men who have sex with men
- hepatitis c virus
- healthcare
- climate change
- social support
- south africa
- type diabetes
- metabolic syndrome
- risk assessment
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- human health