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Abstract
Objectives: Due to sociostructural factors, Black women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the United States represent the highest percentage of women with HIV and experience mental health struggles that impact health behaviors. This study examines associations between mental health, self-care, medication adherence, engagement with healthcare, HIV-related healthcare visits, and hospitalization.
Methods: One hundred and nineteen Black women living with HIV in the Southeastern United States completed measures on scheduled visits (general and HIV-related healthcare), visits attended/missed/rescheduled, mental healthcare engagement (therapy and support groups), hospital visits (emergency room and overnight stays), medication adherence, and a clinician-administered interview assessing mental health.
Results: Higher self-care was associated with fewer emergency room visits (β=-0.31, P<.001) and hospitalizations (β=-0.22, P<.05). Higher post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms were associated with hospitalization (β=0.23, P<.05) and missed HIV-related visits (β=0.20, P<.05) but higher outpatient mental healthcare visits for group psychotherapy (β=0.20, P< .05). Higher suicidality was associated with lower HIV-related healthcare visits scheduled (β=-0.26, P<.01). Higher HIV load was associated with higher HIV-related healthcare visits scheduled (β=0.45, P<.001) and hospitalization (β=0.41, P<.001). Higher Wisepill medication adherence (β=-0.28, P<.01) and self-reported adherence (β=-0.33, P<.001) were associated with fewer HIV missed visits. Higher self-reported adherence was associated with fewer emergency room visits (β=-0.38, P<.001) and hospitalizations (β=-0.27, P<.001).
Conclusions: Our findings highlight the need for treating mental health symptoms and enhancing self-care among Black women living with HIV to improve engagement in care and health behaviors and decrease emergency room visits and hospitalization.
目的：由于社会结构因素，在美国，感染人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）的黑人女性在女性 HIV 感染者中所占比例最高，她们的心理健康也受到影响。本研究探讨了心理健康、自我护理、坚持服药、参与医疗保健、HIV 相关医疗就诊和住院之间的关联：方法：美国东南部 119 名感染 HIV 的黑人妇女完成了有关预定就诊（一般和 HIV 相关医疗保健）、就诊/错过/改期、心理医疗保健参与（治疗和支持小组）、医院就诊（急诊室和过夜）、坚持服药以及临床医生主持的心理健康评估访谈的测量：结果：较高的自我保健水平与较少的急诊就诊次数相关（β=-0.31，PC结论：我们的研究结果突出表明，有必要对感染艾滋病病毒的黑人妇女进行心理健康症状治疗并加强其自我护理，以提高其参与护理和健康行为的程度，减少急诊就诊和住院治疗。
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Ethnicity & Disease is an international journal that exclusively publishes information on the causal and associative relationships in the etiology of common illnesses through the study of ethnic patterns of disease. Topics focus on: ethnic differentials in disease rates;impact of migration on health status; social and ethnic factors related to health care access and health; and metabolic epidemiology. A major priority of the journal is to provide a forum for exchange between the United States and the developing countries of Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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