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SUBMITTER: Yoo-Jeong M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7772226 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoo-Jeong Moka M Haardörfer Regine R Holstad Marcia M Hepburn Kenneth K Waldrop-Valverde Drenna D
AIDS and behavior 20210101 1
Retention in care is important in managing HIV among older persons living with HIV (PLWH). We used Theory of Loneliness-loneliness affects emotion-regulatory processes which lead to dysfunctional health behaviors-to test whether social isolation is related to retention in care either directly or indirectly through emotion dysregulation in older PLWH (≥ 50 years of age; N = 144). Retention in care was defined as the proportion of attended scheduled medical visits; visit data were collected prospe ...[more]