The mental health of people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa: A systematic review
2009
This paper reviews published quantitative research on the mental health of HIV-infected adults in Africa. Twenty-seven articles published between 1994 and 2008 reported the results of 23 studies. Most studies...
Epidemiology of HIV-related neuropathy: A systematic literature review
2012
We sought to identify and summarize the incidence and prevalence of neuropathy among HIV patients and subgroups. A systematic search of the literature was performed using MEDLINE and EMBASE. The...
The neurology of HIV infection – A review of the literature
2005
BACKGROUND: The nervous system is widely involved in the course of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The manifestation may be a direct effect of the virus, the result...
A meta-analysis of the neuropsychological sequelae of HIV infection
2002
This meta-analysis summarizes the broad spectrum of neuropsychological research on HIV disease across a sample of 41 primary studies and an aggregate of 8,616 participants for 10 major neuropsychological ability...
Placebo response changes depending on the neuropathic pain syndrome: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis
2012
Objective. To compare placebo responses in neuropathic pain syndromes. Design. Systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Setting and Patients. Randomized placebo-controlled trials assessing pain intensity or pain relief in any neuropathic...
HIV/AIDS and mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review
2011
The relationship between mental illness and HIV/AIDS is complex and bidirectional. A significant amount of research has been performed in high-income countries but less is known about HIV and mental...
Reaction time slowing in adults with HIV: Results of a meta-analysis using brinley plots
2002
A meta-analysis in the form of Brinley plots was conducted on the mean reaction times of HIV+ and HIV- groups. HIV+ reaction times were regressed on HIV- reaction times across...
What do we know about older adults and HIV? A review of social and behavioral literature
2011
The fastest growing segment of the United States HIV population is people aged 50 and older. This heterogeneous group includes people with diverse pathways into HIV positive status in later...
Evaluation of brief screening tools for neurocognitive impairment in HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of the literature
2013
OBJECTIVE(S): To systematically review literature on brief screening tools used to detect and differentiate between normal cognition and neurocognitive impairment and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HANDs) in adult populations of persons...
A systematic review examining whether interventions are effective in reducing cognitive delay in children infected and affected with HIV
2014
Cognitive delay has been recorded in children infected and affected by HIV. This finding is well established, yet few countries report provision of special educational interventions for this group of...
