The role of social support on cognitive function among midlife and older adult MSM.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examines the association between social support and cognitive function among midlife and older MSM living with or without HIV.

Design

We analyzed longitudinal data from participants enrolled from October 2016 to March 2019 in the Patterns of Healthy Aging Study, a substudy of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to estimate the association between social support and three measures of cognitive function [Trail Making Test (TMT) Part A, TMT Part B to A ratio, and Symbol Digit Modalities Tasks (SDMT)]. We also used linear mixed-effects models to estimate the association between baseline social support and cognitive function across four subsequent time points. We evaluated a multiplicative interaction term

SUBMITTER: Henderson ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10157348 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature