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Neuropsychiatric predictors of return to work in HIV/AIDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 December 2006

WILFRED G. VAN GORP ,
JUDITH G. RABKIN ,
STEPHEN J. FERRANDO ,
JIM MINTZ ,
ELIZABETH RYAN ,
THOMAS BORKOWSKI  and
MARTIN MCELHINEY
WILFRED G. VAN GORP
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York
JUDITH G. RABKIN
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, New York New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
STEPHEN J. FERRANDO
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York
JIM MINTZ
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
ELIZABETH RYAN
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry & Pathology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
THOMAS BORKOWSKI
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
MARTIN MCELHINEY
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
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Abstract

This study followed 118 HIV+ individuals who had taken steps to return to work to determine facilitators or barriers in returning to work. Over the two-year study period, 52% of the participants obtained employment. Memory function served as the most potent predictor of obtaining employment. Persons who were younger, did not have a diagnosis of AIDS and who had shorter periods of unemployment prior to entering the study also had better chances of finding employment during the study. After finding employment, participants reported lower levels of depression as well, an apparent result of their obtaining employment. These findings indicate that memory is a key neuropsychiatric variable that is perhaps most relevant to HIV+ persons' quest to return to work. (JINS, 2007, 13, 80–89.)

Keywords

MemoryEmploymentOccupational groupsHIV-associated cognitive/motor complexCognitive manifestationsDepression
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 2007 , pp. 80 - 89
Copyright
© 2007 The International Neuropsychological Society

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