Publication date: Jan 06, 2025
We investigated people living with HIV (PLWH)’s exposure to COVID-19 pandemic stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth, and substance use. PLWH in the ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA cohort’s QuAliV study (Nouvelle Aquitaine, France) completed an adapted CAIR Lab Pandemic Impact Questionnaire (C-PIQ) and reported substance use between 9/2021 to 3/2022. We described cumulative stressor exposure (score 0-16) and explored variation by PLWH characteristics (demographic, HIV-related, risk factors, psychosocial). Associations with distress (score 0-23), psychological growth (score 0-20), and substance use were assessed using regression models. Participants reported exposure to a median of 2 (IQR: 1-4) stressors. Stressor exposure was higher in working-age (
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| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Adapted | Cannabis |
| France | COVID-19 |
| Hiv | Distress |
| Psychological | Drugs |
| HIV | |
| Psychological growth |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 Pandemic |
| disease | MESH | Distress Psychological |
| disease | MESH | substance use |
| disease | MESH | AIDS |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Medical Cannabis |