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Living with hiv during COVID-19: knowledge and worry about COVID-19, adherence to COVID-19-related precautions, and hiv health outcomes

dc.contributor.coauthorNemli, Salih Atakan
dc.contributor.coauthorYigit, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.coauthorAgrali, Burcu
dc.contributor.coauthorGokengin, Deniz
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychology
dc.contributor.kuauthorTuran, Bülent
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-10T00:05:44Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe COVID-19 pandemic has been profound impacts on mental and physical health of individuals with chronic diseases. Thus, it is important to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV. We aimed to assess the association between COVID-19-related knowledge and worry, HIV-related health practices and outcomes, and adherence to precautions related to COVID-19, and possible associations of these factors with HIV treatment outcomes (ART adherence and viral load). A cross-sectional survey was conducted between October 2020 and February 2021 among 291 PLWH at two large university hospital HIV clinics in Izmir, Turkey. Additionally, the most recent HIV-RNA load, CD4 count was recorded using medical records. Logistic regression analyses were performed to determine predictors of self-reported adherence to COVID-19-related precautions, ART adherence and undetectable viral load. COVID-19-related worry, COVID-19-related knowledge, and ART adherence were significant predictors of adherence to COVID-19-related precautions. Furthermore, adherence to COVID-19-related precautions was a significant predictor of both ART adherence and undetectable viral load. Findings provide a unique aspect of the interrelations of COVID and living with HIV. Since health behaviors and outcomes for COVID-19 and HIV seem to be interrelated, treatment practices and interventions that address these simultaneously may enhance their efficacy.
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dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.indexedbyPubMed
dc.description.openaccessNO
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuN/A
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09540121.2022.2148156
dc.identifier.eissn1360-0451
dc.identifier.issn0954-0121
dc.identifier.quartileQ3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85142854621
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2148156
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/16478
dc.identifier.wos890394300001
dc.keywordsART adherence
dc.keywordsViral load
dc.keywordsCOVID-19
dc.keywordsCOVID-19-related worry
dc.keywordsAdherence to COVID-19-related precautions
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofAIDS Care-Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
dc.subjectHealth policy
dc.subjectServices
dc.subjectPublic
dc.subjectEnvironmental
dc.subjectOccupational health
dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subjectMultidisciplinary
dc.subjectRespiratory system
dc.subjectSocial sciences
dc.subjectBiomedical
dc.titleLiving with hiv during COVID-19: knowledge and worry about COVID-19, adherence to COVID-19-related precautions, and hiv health outcomes
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorTuran, Bülent
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