Loneliness in HIV-infected smokers

Cassandra A. Stanton; Alyson B. Moadel; Ryung S. Kim; Andrea H. Weinberger; Jonathan Shuter

doi:10.1080/09540121.2014.963017

Loneliness in HIV-infected smokers

Cassandra A. Stanton, Alyson B. Moadel, Ryung S. Kim, Andrea H. Weinberger, Jonathan Shuter

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Abstract

Loneliness is common in persons living with HIV (PLWH). Lonely people smoke at higher rates than the general population, and loneliness is a likely contributor to the ongoing smoking epidemic among PLWH. We explored factors associated with loneliness in a cohort of 272 PLWH smokers enrolled in two separate tobacco treatment trials. Loneliness was independently associated with lack of a spouse or partner, lower educational attainment, "other or unknown" HIV exposure category, depression, anxiety, recent alcohol consumption, and higher daily cigarette consumption. Referral to group therapy reduced loneliness, whereas referral to an individual web-based tobacco treatment did not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	268-272
Number of pages	5
Journal	AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Volume	27
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2014.963017
State	Published - Feb 1 2015

Keywords

Cigarette
HIV
Loneliness
Smoking
Tobacco

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Health(social science)
Social Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Loneliness in HIV-infected smokers

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