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Aguilera D, Rinola B, Tundealao S, Klaff R, Aung M, Johnson-Campbell M, Johnson-Wallace D, Stephenson R, Jolly PE, Tamí-Maury I. Prevalence and predictors of cigarette smoking among people with HIV in Western Jamaica. AIDS Care 2024; 36:1499-1507. [PMID: 38749021 PMCID: PMC11343667 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2024.2354224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/25/2024]
Abstract
With highly active antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection has become a treatable chronic disease. However, modifiable risk factors such as cigarette smoking continue to impact the morbidity and mortality of people with HIV (PWH). We assessed the prevalence and factors associated with cigarette smoking and motivation to quit among PWH in Western Jamaica. A cross-sectional study was conducted in which 392 adults seeking HIV care at health facilities in Western Jamaica completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Current smoking prevalence among participants was 17.4%. Current smoking was significantly associated with being male (OR = 2.99), non-Christian/non-Rastafarian (OR = 2.34), living or working with another smoker (aOR =1.86), being moderate to severely depressed (OR = 3.24), having an alcohol drinking problem (OR = 1.84), and never being asked by a healthcare provider if they smoked (OR = 3.24). Among the PWH who currently smoke, 36.7% are moderately to highly dependent on nicotine. One-third of people who smoke (33.8%) started smoking for the first time after HIV diagnosis, while 66.2% initiated smoking before; 88% were willing to quit smoking. These findings provide baseline information for designing and implementing a comprehensive smoking cessation program that considers the needs of PWH in Jamaica, with the potential of becoming a replicable model for other HIV-specialized healthcare settings in the Caribbean.
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- D Aguilera
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AB, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AB, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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- Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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- Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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- Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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- Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Montego Bay, Jamaica
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, AB, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, Houston, TX, USA
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Moitra M, Gonese G, Mukherjee M, White B, Young D, Collins PY. "A labor of love": Integrating mental health and HIV care: Lessons from a multicountry mental health learning network. Glob Ment Health (Camb) 2024; 11:e17. [PMID: 38390248 PMCID: PMC10882173 DOI: 10.1017/gmh.2024.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Mental health conditions among people living with HIV (PLWH) are important to address as they adversely affect quality of life, impede adherence to HIV treatment and increase mortality. Planning for integrating mental health care in resource-limited HIV care settings requires substantial effort. Learning networks are a useful way to exchange knowledge between countries about best and current practices in planning mental health care for PLWH. This paper describes the launch of a mental health learning network within a global health implementing center and the lessons learned across participating members from six countries: the United States, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe, Malawi and India. Lessons learned from the learning network sessions spanned four broad domains: (i) the need for routine and integrated mental health data collection, (ii) developing standardized protocols to implement mental health care, (iii) adequate training and supervision of health care staff and (iv) prioritization of mental health care integration by program funders. We find that time and resource constraints can be barriers to shared leadership and sustainability of learning networks. Prioritizing learning networks as an important component of integrated HIV and mental health care programs is one of the potential strategies to ensure long-term continuity.
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- Modhurima Moitra
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Zimbabwe Technical Assistance Training and Education Center for Health, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- International Training and Education Center for Health, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Caribbean Training and Education Center for Health, Kingston, Jamaica
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Meng J, Tang C, Xiao X, Välimäki M, Wang H. Co-occurrence Pattern of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in People Living With HIV: A Latent Profile Analysis. Front Psychol 2021; 12:666766. [PMID: 34025528 PMCID: PMC8131520 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.666766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background: The comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression is common among people living with the HIV (PLWH). Given the high prevalence and serious clinical consequences of the comorbidity of these two disorders, we conducted a latent profile analysis to examine the co-occurrence pattern of PTSD and depression in PLWH. Methods: The data for this cross-sectional study of PLWH were collected from 602 patients with HIV in China. A secondary analysis using latent profile analysis was conducted to examine HIV-related PTSD and depression symptoms. Results: A four-class solution fits the data best, with the four classes characterized as asymptomatic (42.9%), mild symptoms (33.9%), low to moderate symptoms (19.8%), and high to moderate symptoms (3.4%). The severity of PTSD and depression symptoms was comparable in this solution, and no group was dominated by PTSD or depression. Conclusion: The absence of a distinct subcluster of PLWH with only PTSD or depression symptoms supports that PTSD and depression in PLWH are psychopathological manifestations after traumatic exposures. Health care staff should pay more attention to the existence of comorbid symptoms of individuals, develop integrated interventions for the symptoms cluster, and evaluate their effectiveness in clinical practice.
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- Jingjing Meng
- Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China.,Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Xiangya Nursing School of Central South University, Changsha, China
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Wang S, Ni Y, Gong R, Shi Y, Cai Y, Ma J. Psychosocial Syndemic of suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study among sexually transmitted infection patients in Shanghai, China. BMC Public Health 2020; 20:1314. [PMID: 32867729 PMCID: PMC7457481 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-09404-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs) experience difficulties with stability and trust in long-term relationships and have poor mental health, factors that may lead to suicidal ideation. We sought to verify whether psychosocial health problems among patients with STIs were associated with these patients' suicidal ideation and to examine the syndemic effect of multiple psychosocial problems on suicidal ideation. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of 519 STI patients at the Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital. Demographic, psychosocial, and suicidal ideation information about the participants was collected by questionnaire. Logistic regressions were performed to detect the association between demographic variables and suicidal ideation, as well as each individual psychosocial variable and suicidal ideation, and to verify the syndemic effect of psychosocial factors. RESULTS Of the participants, 25.0% (130/519) reported having suicidal ideation. In univariable analysis, low self-esteem, loneliness, depression, entrapment, defeat, and unsatisfied interpersonal needs were associated with suicidal ideation. Multivariable analysis found depression (odds ratio [OR]: 4.1; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.3-7.2) and entrapment (OR: 2.1; 95%CI: 1.1-4.1) each had a more significant relation with suicidal ideation than the other psychosocial problems examined. STI patients who experienced two or more psychosocial health problems had approximately fourfold odds of suicide ideation (adjusted OR [AOR]: 4.2; 95%CI: 2.6-6.8) compared with those in the non-syndemic group, especially in the high-level (five or more psychosocial problems) group (AOR: 7.0; 95%CI: 3.9-12.5). CONCLUSIONS The study found the participants had a high rate of suicidal ideation and suffered from severe psychosocial problems. These results show a syndemic effect of psychosocial problems on increasing the odds of suicidal ideation. Our findings suggest an urgent need for efforts to prevent suicidal ideation among STI patients toward improving the social and health conditions of this population.
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- Suping Wang
- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, No. 1278 Baode Road, Shanghai, 200443, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China.,Shanghai Xuhui Center for Disease Control and Prevention, No. 50 Yongchuan Road, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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- School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, No. 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai, 200025, China.
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Pottinger AM, Carroll K. Reproductive needs of PLHIV in Jamaica: relationship between fertility desire, motives and depression. J Reprod Infant Psychol 2019; 38:38-48. [PMID: 30939927 DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2019.1599334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Background/objective: Advances in antiretroviral therapy and assisted reproduction technology which allow for longer and healthier lives and safer conception options necessitate a new understanding of the sexual and reproductive needs of persons living with HIV (PLHIV). This study examines fertility desire and motives for having children among PLHIV in Jamaica and explores the association with depressive symptoms.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, 251 PLHIV in their reproductive years voluntarily completed an interviewer-administered questionnaire. SPSS analyses involved bivariate and logistic regression models significant at p < .05.Results: A desire to have children was expressed by 66% (n = 166), mostly males and persons younger than 40 years. Of those in a current relationship (n = 126), not having previous children best predicted fertility desire (p = .001; CI 0.04-0.44) as well as motives to conceive (p = .02; CI 0.01-0.66). PLHIVs in their reproductive years who are at depression risk are those in a sero-discordant relationship (p = .01; CI 1.48-30.22) and who have been diagnosed between 1 and 4 years (p = .05; CI 0.01-1.04).Conclusions: HIV status does not dampen the desire to have future children. There is need to evaluate the sexual, reproductive and mental health needs of PLHIV.
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- Audrey M Pottinger
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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- The Hugh Wynter Fertility Management Unit, The University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
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Martínez-Banfi M, Vélez JI, Perea MV, García R, Puentes-Rozo PJ, Mebarak Chams M, Ladera V. Neuropsychological performance in patients with asymptomatic HIV-1 infection. AIDS Care 2018; 30:623-633. [PMID: 29411628 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1428728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) lead to neurocognitive disorders; however, there is still much knowledge to be gained regarding HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. The purpose of this study was to assess the cognitive performance, instrumental activities of daily living, depression, and anxiety in patients with asymptomatic HIV-1 infections compared with seronegative participants without neurocognitive impairment. We studied a sample consisted of 60 patients with asymptomatic HIV-1 infections and 60 seronegative participants without neurocognitive impairment from the city of Barranquilla, Colombia, with a mean age of 36.07 years. A protocol of neuropsychological and psychopathological tests was applied to the participants. The group of patients with asymptomatic HIV infections significantly underperformed on tasks that assessed global cognitive screening, attention span, learning, phonemic verbal fluency, auditory-verbal comprehension, information processing speed, cognitive flexibility, and motor skills compared to the group of seronegative participants. No significant differences were found in memory, visual confrontation naming, vocabulary, inhibition, and instrumental activities of daily living. Additionally, the patients with asymptomatic HIV-1 infection had a higher anxiety index than the seronegative participants, but no significant difference was found in depression. A correlation was found between depression and anxiety. In conclusion, the patients with asymptomatic HIV-1 infection had lower cognitive performances than the seronegative participants in the cognitive functions mentioned above and more anxiety but still performed the instrumental activities of daily living.
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- Martha Martínez-Banfi
- a Grupo de Neurociencias del Caribe , Universidad Simón Bolívar , Barranquilla , Colombia
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- b Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial , Universidad del Norte , Barranquilla , Colombia
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- c Facultad de Psicología , Universidad de Salamanca , Salamanca , España
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- c Facultad de Psicología , Universidad de Salamanca , Salamanca , España
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- a Grupo de Neurociencias del Caribe , Universidad Simón Bolívar , Barranquilla , Colombia.,d Grupo de Neurociencias del Caribe, Universidad del Atlántico , Barranquilla , Colombia
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- c Facultad de Psicología , Universidad de Salamanca , Salamanca , España
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