Journal
BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 116-123Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2014.914464
Keywords
aging; AIDS; cognition; health disparities; HAND; Hispanics; HIV; Latina/os; neurocognitive; neuropsychological impairment
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- Early Career Development Award from the Northeast Consortium for Minority Faculty Development
- Clinical Research Center of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine [M01-RR00071]
- [K23MH07971801]
- [R24MH59724]
- [U01MH083501]
- [N01MH22005]
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In recent years, HIV/AIDS populations have become older and increasingly more ethnically diverse. Concurrently, the prevalence of HIV-related neurocognitive (NC) impairment remains high. This study examined the effects of age and ethnicity on NC function in HIV-positive adults. The sample (N = 126; 84 Latina/o and 42 Non-Hispanic White) completed a comprehensive NC battery. Global NC and domain average demographically-corrected t-scores were generated. There were no significant differences between Younger (<50 years) Latina/os and non-Hispanic Whites on Global NC function or NC domains (all p's > .10), with generally small effect sizes. Older Latina/os (>= 50 years) were significantly more impaired than Older Non-Hispanic Whites on processing speed and learning, with trends in Global NC function and memory. Further, effect sizes fell within the medium to large range (Cohen's d's = .49-1.15). This study suggests that older Latina/os are at potentially greater risk for NC impairment, particularly in processing speed and learning, when compared to similarly-aged non-Hispanic whites.
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