Trajectories of disability and influence of contextual factors among adults aging with HIV: Insights from a community-based longitudinal study in Toronto, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals aging with HIV may experience disability that is multidimensional and evolving over time. Our aims were to characterize the longitudinal trajectories of disability and to investigate how intrinsic and extrinsic contextual factors influence dimensions of disability over an eight-month period among adults aging with HIV.

Methods

We analyzed longitudinal observational data from a community-based study in Toronto, Canada, where adults aging with HIV completed self-reported questionnaires over eight months (five time points). We measured disability using the Short-Form HIV Disability Questionnaire (SF-HDQ), which included six dimensions: physical, cognitive, mental-emotional health challenges, uncertainty, difficulties with day-to-day activities, and challe

SUBMITTER: Su TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12688091 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature