title: Psychiatric symptom burden in older people living with HIV with and without cognitive impairment: the UCSF HIV over 60 cohort study.
abstract: Psychiatric comorbidities are common in people living with HIV (PLWH) and adversely affect life satisfaction, treatment adherence and disease progression. There are few data to inform the burden of psychiatric symptoms in older PLWH, a rapidly growing demographic in the U.S. We performed a cross-sectional analysis to understand the degree to which symptom burden was associated with cognitive disorders in PLWH over age 60. Participants completed a standardized neuropsychological battery and were assigned cognitive diagnoses using Frascati criteria. We captured psychiatric symptom burden using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and proxy-informed Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire (NPI-Q). Those diagnosed with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND, n = 39) were similar to those without HAND (n = 35) by age (median = 67 years for each group, p = 0.696), education (mean = 16 years vs. 17 years, p = 0.096), CD4+ T-lymphocyte counts (mean = 520 vs. 579, p = 0.240), duration of HIV (median = 21 years for each group, p = 0.911) and sex (92% male in HAND vs. 97% in non-HAND, p = 0.617). Our findings showed similarities in HAND and non-HAND groups on both NPI-Q (items and clusters) and GDS scores. However, there was a greater overall symptom burden in HIV compared to healthy elder controls (n = 236, p < 0.05), with more frequent agitation, depression, anxiety, apathy, irritability and nighttime behavior disturbances (p < 0.05). Our findings demonstrate no differences in psychiatric comorbidity by HAND status in older HIV participants; but confirm a substantial neurobehavioral burden in this older HIV-infected population.
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Benedetta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Milanini
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Catella
authors.affiliation: b School of Medicine , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Brandon
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Perkovich
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Pardis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Esmaeili-Firidouni
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wendelken
authors.affiliation: c Department of Psychology , University of Missouri-St. Louis , St. Louis , MO , USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: d Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.|e San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ketelle
authors.affiliation: a Memory and Aging Center , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , CA , USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Valcour
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: HIV; aging; behavioral disorders; cognition disorders; mental health