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JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 80-89Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707070117
Keywords
memory; employment; occupational groups; HIV-associated cognitive/motor complex; cognitive manifestations; depression
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- NIMH NIH HHS [5 R01 MH060560] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH060560] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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This study followed 118 HIV + individuals who had taken steps to return to work to determine facilitators or barriers in returning to work. Over the two-year study period, 52% of the participants obtained employment. Memory function served as the most potent predictor of obtaining employment. Persons who were younger, did not have a diagnosis of AIDS and who had shorter periods of unemployment prior to entering the study also had better chances of finding employment during the study. After finding employment, participants reported lower levels of depression as well, an apparent result of their obtaining employment. These findings indicate that memory is a key neuropsychiatric variable that is perhaps most relevant to HIV+ persons' quest to return to work.
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