Journal
ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 56, Issue 2, Pages 168-175Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaab037
Keywords
Mobile health; Ambulatory assessment; Social engagement; Loneliness; Chronic illness; Mood
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Funding
- National Institute of Mental Health [K23 MH107260, P30MH062512]
- VA RRD CDA [1IK2RX00280701A2]
- National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Disease [R01DK106415]
- VA Office of Academic Affiliates advanced fellowship in women's health
- [T32 AA013525]
- [F31AA027198]
- [R01AG062387]
- [R21MH116104]
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Among older adults with HIV, social contact frequency and pain are bidirectionally and inversely associated, and recent social contact influences current pain by attenuating negative affect.
Background Social relationships are important for pain management among individuals with HIV, but the impact of daily social contact on pain responses in real-time, real-world settings has never been specifically examined. Purpose The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between social contact frequency and pain, and the role of negative and positive affect in this relationship among older adults with HIV using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Methods A total of 66 (M-age = 59.3, SD = 6.3, range: 50-74) older adults with HIV completed EMA surveys that included social contact frequency, pain level, and negative and positive affect four times per day for 2 weeks. Mixed-effects regression models were used to examine concurrent and lagged associations between social contact frequency, pain, and negative and positive affect. Results Greater recent social contact frequency was associated with less severe current pain (unstandardized B = -0.04, 95% CI: -0.08, -0.01, p = .014), while greater current pain was associated with lower subsequent social contact frequency (unstandardized B = -0.07, 95% CI: -0.11, -0.03, p < .001). Further, higher current negative affect was related to greater current pain, and this relationship was dampened by increased recent social contact frequency (unstandardized B = -0.17, 95% CI: -0.26, -0.08, p < .001). Neither negative nor positive affect was significantly associated with the relationship between current pain and subsequent social contact frequency. Conclusions Social contact frequency and pain are bidirectionally and inversely associated among older adults with HIV. Further, recent social contact influences current pain by attenuating negative affect. Together, these results highlight the need to address social engagement in interventions for pain among older adults with HIV. Among older adults with HIV, recent social contact was associated with less current pain by attenuating negative affect, within persons.
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