Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes and association with quality of life among adults living with HIV: a cross-sectional focus on a low-literacy population from coastal Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our aim was to compare the neurocognitive performance and mental health outcome of adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy with that of community controls, all of low literacy. Furthermore, we also wanted to explore the relationship of these outcomes with quality of life among adults living with HIV.

Study design

This was a descriptive cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study was conducted in Kilifi County, a region located at the Kenyan coast.

Participants

The participants consisted of a consecutive sample of 84 adults living with HIV and 83 randomly selected community controls all with ≤8 years of schooling. All participants were assessed for non-verbal intelligence, verbal working memory and executive functioning. The Major Depression Inv

SUBMITTER: Nyongesa MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6144406 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature