TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep and immune function among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
AU - Balthazar, Monique S.
AU - Webel, Allison
AU - Gary, Faye
AU - Burant, Christopher J.
AU - Totten, Vicken Y.
AU - Voss, Joachim G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - People living with HIV are at increased risk for sleep disturbances. Up to 75% of the HIV-infected individuals in the United States experience sleep disturbances of some kind. Previous studies have suggested an association between patient-reported sleep disturbances and impaired immune function. This study evaluates data obtained via sleep actigraphy to evaluate the relationship between objectively measured sleep, HIV viral load, and immune function. While this study found no relationship between objective sleep and CD4+ T- lymphocyte count, higher sleep efficiency was weakly correlated with lower HIV viral loads, τ b(93)= −.165, p =.043. More research is warranted to clarify the nature of these relationships.
AB - People living with HIV are at increased risk for sleep disturbances. Up to 75% of the HIV-infected individuals in the United States experience sleep disturbances of some kind. Previous studies have suggested an association between patient-reported sleep disturbances and impaired immune function. This study evaluates data obtained via sleep actigraphy to evaluate the relationship between objectively measured sleep, HIV viral load, and immune function. While this study found no relationship between objective sleep and CD4+ T- lymphocyte count, higher sleep efficiency was weakly correlated with lower HIV viral loads, τ b(93)= −.165, p =.043. More research is warranted to clarify the nature of these relationships.
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U2 - 10.1080/09540121.2020.1770180
DO - 10.1080/09540121.2020.1770180
M3 - Article
C2 - 32482093
AN - SCOPUS:85086774140
SN - 0954-0121
VL - 33
SP - 1196
EP - 1200
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
IS - 9
ER -