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Direct and indirect effects of perceived social support on health-related quality of life in persons living with HIV/AIDS
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Research has established a link between perceived social support and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among persons living with HIV/AIDS. However, little is known about the ways through which social support influences HRQOL. This study examined the direct and indirect effects of perceived social support on physical and mental HRQOL in a sample of 602 adults living with HIV in Ontario, Canada. Participants completed the Medical Outcomes Study-HIV (MOS-HIV) health survey, the MOS-HIV Social Support Scale (MOS-HIV-SSS), and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression-Revised scale. Data on demographic and clinical characteristics were also collected. The direct and indirect effects of social support on the two MOS-HIV HRQOL summary measures, that is, physical health summary (PHS) and mental health summary (MHS), were estimated in multiple linear regression analyses. Perceived social support had significant direct effects on PHS (B=0.04, p<0.01) and MHS (B=0.05, p<0.01). It also had significant indirect effect on both PHS (B=0.04, p<0.01) and MHS (B=0.11, p<0.01), mediated by depressive symptoms. Interventions that enhance social support have the potential to contribute to better HRQOL either directly or indirectly by decreasing the deleterious effect of depressive symptoms on HRQOL.
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- Authors
- Bekele, T., Rourke, S. B., Tucker, R., Greene, S., Sobota, M., Koornstra, J., Monette, L., Rueda, S., Bacon, J., Watson, J., Hwang, S. W., Dunn, J., Guenter, D., & The Positive Spaces Healthy Places Team
- Affiliations
- Ontario HIV Treatment Network (CA)
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Positive Health Network (CA)
- Fife House (CA)
- AIDS Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay, Canada
- Bruce House, Ottawa, Canada
- Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, Toronto, Canada
- McMaster University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Rourke, Sean B.
- ORCID
- Venue
- AIDS Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-07-09
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 337-346
- ISSN
- 0954-0121 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0451
- OpenAlex
- W2064343532
- Cited by
- 146
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 14 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 6.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- AIDS Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Health and Well-being Studies
- Keywords
- perceived social support, health-related quality of life, HIV/AIDS, people living with HIV, depressive symptoms, mediation, physical health, mental health, MOS-HIV
- MeSH terms
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Adult, Aged, Depression, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Ontario, Quality of Life, Social Support, HIV Infections, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, HIV Long-Term Survivors, Young Adult
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