title: Prospective memory deficits are associated with unemployment in persons living with HIV infection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether deficits in prospective memory (i.e., "remembering to remember") confer an increased risk of unemployment in individuals living with chronic HIV infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-nine Unemployed and 49 Employed individuals with HIV infection underwent comprehensive neuropsychological and medical evaluations, including measures of prospective memory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The Unemployed participants demonstrated significantly lower performance on time- and event-based prospective memory, which was primarily characterized by errors of omission. Importantly, prospective memory impairment was an independent predictor of unemployment when considered alongside other neurocognitive abilities, mood disturbance, and HIV disease severity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Prospective memory impairment is a salient predictor of unemployment in persons living with HIV infection and might be considered in screening for unemployment risk and developing vocational rehabilitation plans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA. spwoods@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Steven Paul
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Bradley M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Weisz
authors.forename: Elizabeth W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Twamley
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D015526:AIDS Dementia Complex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology*