Abstract
An estimated one-third of HIV-positive older adults continues to engage in sexual behaviors that risk HIV transmission or the acquisition of other sexually transmitted infections. A recently completed pilot randomized controlled trial of telephone-administered motivational interviewing (Tele-MI) targeting sexual risk behavior in 100 HIV-positive late middle-age and older adults found that a four-session Tele-MI intervention reduced episodes of non-condom-protected anal and vaginal intercourse. This secondary analysis examined the moderating effect of baseline depressive symptoms on intervention efficacy. When compared to one session of Tele-MI or standard of care, four sessions of Tele-MI produced greater reductions in sexual risk behavior in participants with subsyndromal depression at baseline but was no more efficacious than the other two conditions for participants with no or elevated baseline depressive symptoms. Large-scale studies that further elucidate the role of depression in sexual risk reduction interventions for HIV-positive persons are needed. © 2014
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 124-133 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Behavioral Medicine |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 3 2014 |
Keywords
- HIV/AIDS
- depression
- moderator
- motivational interviewing
- sexual risk behavior
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health