Medication and finance management among HIV-infected adults: the impact of age and cognition.
This study examined the effects of aging and cognitive impairment on medication and finance management in an HIV sample. We observed main effects of age (older < younger) and neuropsychological impairment on functional task performance. Interactions between age and cognition demonstrated that older impaired individuals performed significantly more poorly than all other comparison groups. There were no relationships between laboratory performance and self-reported medication and finance management. The interaction of advancing age and cognitive impairment may confer significant functional limitations for HIV individuals that may be better detected by performance-based measures of functional abilities rather than patient self-report.
Thames
April D
AD
UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA.athames@mednet.ucla.edu
Kim
Michelle S
MS
Becker
Brian W
BW
Foley
Jessica M
JM
Hines
Lindsay J
LJ
Singer
Elyse J
EJ
Heaton
Robert K
RK
Castellon
Steven A
SA
Hinkin
Charles H
CH
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005376:Financial Management; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012651:Self Medication