TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived risk of developing smoking-related disease among persons living with HIV
AU - Pacek, Lauren R.
AU - McClernon, F. Joseph
AU - Rass, Olga
AU - Sweizter, Maggie M.
AU - Johnson, Matthew W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIH] grants K01DA043413, K23DA039294, T32DA007209, and R01DA042527.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2018/10/3
Y1 - 2018/10/3
N2 - Perceived risk of smoking is associated with smoking status, interest in quitting, cessation attempts, and quit success. Research is needed to explore risk perceptions of developing smoking-related disease among persons living with HIV (PLWH). Data came from 267 HIV-positive smokers who completed an online survey assessing perceived health risks associated with (a) generic smoking status; (b) generic non-smoking status; (c) their own personal current smoking; and (d) a hypothetical situation in which they were a non-smoker. PLWH perceived greater risk associated with their current smoking versus hypothetical personal non-smoking (p’s < 0.001), and greater risks associated with generic smoking status compared with their current smoking (p’s < 0.001). Being on HIV medication (β = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.17, 1.12), interest in quitting smoking (β = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.45, 1.32), and having an HIV healthcare provider who has recommended cessation (β = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.42, 1.67) were positively associated with perceived risk of developing smoking-related diseases. Findings have implications for developing targeted interventions to correct misperceptions regarding the health risks of smoking among PLWH, a population at particular risk for smoking and smoking-related morbidity and mortality.
AB - Perceived risk of smoking is associated with smoking status, interest in quitting, cessation attempts, and quit success. Research is needed to explore risk perceptions of developing smoking-related disease among persons living with HIV (PLWH). Data came from 267 HIV-positive smokers who completed an online survey assessing perceived health risks associated with (a) generic smoking status; (b) generic non-smoking status; (c) their own personal current smoking; and (d) a hypothetical situation in which they were a non-smoker. PLWH perceived greater risk associated with their current smoking versus hypothetical personal non-smoking (p’s < 0.001), and greater risks associated with generic smoking status compared with their current smoking (p’s < 0.001). Being on HIV medication (β = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.17, 1.12), interest in quitting smoking (β = 0.89, 95% CI = 0.45, 1.32), and having an HIV healthcare provider who has recommended cessation (β = 1.04, 95% CI = 0.42, 1.67) were positively associated with perceived risk of developing smoking-related diseases. Findings have implications for developing targeted interventions to correct misperceptions regarding the health risks of smoking among PLWH, a population at particular risk for smoking and smoking-related morbidity and mortality.
KW - Amazon Mechanical Turk
KW - HIV
KW - Smoking
KW - risk perception
KW - tobacco
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U2 - 10.1080/09540121.2018.1466985
DO - 10.1080/09540121.2018.1466985
M3 - Article
C2 - 29682993
AN - SCOPUS:85045845963
SN - 0954-0121
VL - 30
SP - 1329
EP - 1334
JO - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
JF - AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
IS - 10
ER -