Facets of mindfulness are associated with inflammation biomarkers in a sample of sexual minority men with HIV.
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| Title: | Facets of mindfulness are associated with inflammation biomarkers in a sample of sexual minority men with HIV. |
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| Authors: | Foley, Jacklyn, Batchelder, Abigail W., Bernier, Lauren, Glynn, Tiffany, Moskowitz, Judith, Carrico, Adam |
| Source: | Psychology, Health & Medicine. Feb2025, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p368-383. 16p. |
| Subjects: | Inflammation prevention, HIV prevention, Mathematical variables, Research funding, Secondary analysis, Methamphetamine, Viral load, Mindfulness, Questionnaires, CD4 lymphocyte count, Psychology of men, Treatment effectiveness, Descriptive statistics, Psychology of HIV-positive persons, Research, Sexual minorities, Cytokines, Biomarkers, Interleukins, Tumor necrosis factors, Regression analysis |
| Abstract: | Sexual minority men (SMM) are disproportionately impacted by HIV and thus, HIV related-health complications. HIV has been linked to earlier onset of multi-morbid chronic diseases and declines in physical and cognitive functioning attributable to chronic HIV immune activation and resulting inflammation. Inflammation has been targeted with mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs); however, hypothesized negative associations between mindfulness and inflammation need to be confirmed in SMM with HIV. This is a secondary data analysis of baseline data from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) of SMM living with HIV with biologically confirmed recent methamphetamine use (ARTEMIS). Mindfulness was assessed with the Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). Inflammation was assessed via cytokines interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α). Separate adjusted (for age, viral load, CD4 count, and methamphetamine use) regression models evaluated associations between four facets of mindfulness (description, awareness, non-judgement, and non-reactivity) with IL-6 and TNF-α. The average age of the participants was 43.86 (SD = 8.95). Both description (b =.54, se =.24) and awareness (b =.50, se=.23) were positively associated with IL-6. All other associations between mindfulness and inflammation were non-significant in adjusted models. There was also some evidence to suggest that engagement in care moderated associations between description and non-reactivity with IL-6 (ΔR2 =.03, F = 3.64), such that description and non-reactivity were each positively associated with inflammation among those who attended <100% of primary care appointments (b = 1.04, se=.34 and b = 1.23, se=.39, respectively), but was not associated with inflammation among those who attended 100% of appointments (b =.16, se=.32 and b=-.17, se=.40, respectively). There was also a significant interaction between 12-step program attendance and awareness with IL-6 (ΔR2=.03, F = 4.26), such that awareness was positively associated with inflammation among those who attended 12-step programming (b = 1.25, se =.41), but not associated with inflammation among those who did not (b =.22, se =.28). Further research is needed to understand how and under what circumstances mindfulness is associated with pro- versus anti-inflammatory processes.Trial Registration: NCT01926184. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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