Non-pharmaceutical interventions for people living with HIV with cognitive impairment: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive impairment (CI) in HIV is often of multifactorial causation, and remains a prominent issue in the age of effective combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), affecting approximately 14% of people living with HIV. Despite the 2018 BHIVA directive stating the importance of commencing rehabilitation strategies in people living with HIV with CI, no types of cognitive rehabilitations or other non-pharmaceutical interventions are specifically recommended. This scoping review aimed to describe the types of and evidence relating to the non-pharmaceutical interventions which have been examined in people living with HIV with CI.

Methods

Studies were identified from five electronic databases. Criteria for study inclusion were studies describing a non-pharmaceutical

SUBMITTER: Stuart L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11588236 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature