Exposure to COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Stressors and Their Association With Distress, Psychological Growth and Drug Use in People With HIV in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France (ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA Cohort-QuAliV-QuAliCOV Study).

Ben Farhat J Hessamfar M Neau D Farbos S Lazaro E Duffau P Rouanes N Cazanave C Pistone T Rispal P Vandenhende MA Krzyzanowsky C Leleux O Wittkop L Bonnet F Barger D
AIDS and behavior 2025 Jan 06; . doi: 10.1007/s10461-024-04588-5. Epub 2025 01 06
COVID-19 Cannabis Distress Drugs HIV Psychological growth

Abstract

We investigated people living with HIV (PLWH)'s exposure to COVID-19 pandemic stressors and their association with distress, psychological growth, and substance use. PLWH in the ANRS CO3 AQUIVIH-NA cohort's QuAliV study (Nouvelle Aquitaine, France) completed an adapted CAIR Lab Pandemic Impact Questionnaire (C-PIQ) and reported substance use between 9/2021 to 3/2022. We described cumulative stressor exposure (score 0-16) and explored variation by PLWH characteristics (demographic, HIV-related, risk factors, psychosocial). Associations with distress (score 0-23), psychological growth (score 0-20), and substance use were assessed using regression models. Participants reported exposure to a median of 2 (IQR: 1-4) stressors. Stressor exposure was higher in working-age (

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