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Published in final edited form as: Clin Neuropsychol. 2017 Sep 27;32(5):858–890. doi: 10.1080/13854046.2017.1373860

Table 1.

Study details and key findings from manuscripts included in the systematic review

Authors Title Sample(s) PM Task(s) Key finding
Carey et al. (2006) Prospective memory in HIV-1
infection
42HIV+
29HIV-
MIST, MIST 24-hr The HIV+ participants
demonstrated deficits in time-
and event-based PM, as well as
more frequent 24-hr delay PM
failures.
Woods et al. (2006) Markers of macrophage
activation and axonal injury are
associated with prospective
memory in HIV-1
 35 HIV+ MIST Higher levels of MCP-1 in
plasma, and soluble receptor for
tumor necrosis factor type II
and tau in cerebrospinal fluid
were associated with lower PM
but not with retrospective
memory.
Martin et al. (2007) Characteristics of prospective
memory deficits in HIV-
seropositive substance-
dependent individuals:
Preliminary observations
31 HIV+
35 HIV-
(all substance-
Dependent
individuals)
Habitual event- and time-
based tasks with the
clinical neuropsychological
battery as the ongoing task
HIV+ participants showed
deficits in time- but not event-
based PM. Time-based PM
performance was a significant
predictor of risky sexual
practices in entire sample.
Woods et al. (2007) Frequency and predictors of
self-reported prospective
memory complaints in
individuals infected with HIV
75 HIV +
60 HIV-
MIST, PRMQ Self reported PM symptoms
were elevated in HIV+ persons,
but did not correspond to actual
PM abilities.
Woods et al.
(2008a)
HIV-associated prospective
memory impairment increases
risk of dependence in everyday
functioning
66 HIV+ MIST, PRMQ HIV-associated PM impairment and
elevated PM symptoms were each
independently associated with
greater dependence in instrumental
activities of daily living.
Woods et al.
(2008b)
Prospective memory in HIV
infection: Is “remembering to
remember” a unique predictor
of self-reported medication
management?
87 HIV+ on ART MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
PM was associated with self-
reported medication management,
independent of other cognitive
functions, psychiatric, psychosocial,
and environmental factors.

Woods et al.
(2009)
Timing is everything:
Antiretroviral non-adherence is
associated with impairment in
time-based prospective
memory
79 HIV+ on ART MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
Individuals classified as non-
adherent to ARTs using electronic
medication monitoring had
significantly lower PM performance,
particularly on time-based PM, but
did not differ on PRMQ or MIST
24-hr.
Contardo et al. (2009) Relationship of prospective
memory to neuropsychological
function and antiretroviral
adherence
97 HIV+ on ART (all
substance-dependent
individuals)
MIST PM loaded separately from
retrospective memory and executive
functions and was the only correlate
of ART adherence.
Gupta et al. (2010) Is prospective memory a
dissociable cognitive function
in HIV infection?
162 HIV+ MIST, AAIM PM loaded on a unique factor, apart
from tests of retrospective memory,
executive functions, and motor
skills.
Woods et al. (2010) The semantic relatedness of
cue-intention pairings
influences event-based
prospective memory failures in
older adults with HIV infection
35 HIV+ (≤ 40 yrs)
48 HIV+ (≥ 50 yrs)
20 HIV- (≤ 40 yrs)
15 HIV- (≥ 50 yrs)
MIST, AAIM Significant additive effects of aging
and HIV on event-based PM,
especially when PM cue was not
semantically related to intention.
Zogg et al. (2010) HIV-associated prospective
memory impairment in the
laboratory predicts failures on a
semi-naturalistic measure of
health care compliance
139 HIV+ MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
MIST, but not PRMQ, was a
significant predictor of MIST 24-hr
after controlling for demographics,
retrospective memory and executive
functions, and psychiatric factors.
Iudicello et al. (2011) Misremembering future
intentions in methamphetamine
dependent individuals
20 HIV +
19 HIV- (all
Methamphetamine-
dependent individuals)
MIST, MIST 24-hr No effect of HIV on time- or event-
based PM in persons with
methamphetamine dependence.
Weber et al. (2011) An examination of the age-
prospective memory paradox in
HIV-infected adults
53 HIV+ (≤40 yrs)
88 HIV+ (≥ 50 yrs)
59 HIV- (≤40 yrs)
54 HIV- (≥ 50 yrs)
MIST time-based
scale, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
Older HIV+ adults performed worse
than their younger HIV+
counterparts on laboratory tasks of
PM but performed comparably on a
naturalistic PM task.
Woods et al. (2011) Prospective memory deficits
are associated with
unemployment in persons
living with HIV infection
59 HIV+ Unemployed
49 HIV+ Employed
MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
MIST, but not PRMQ or MIST 24-
hr, was independently associated
with employment status.
Zogg et al. (2011) Are time- and event-based
prospective memory
comparably affected in HIV
infection?
143 HIV+
43 HIV-
MIST HIV+ individuals demonstrated
deficits in time-based PM compared
to HIV- adults, as well as a trend-
level difference on event-based PM,
which was driven by the participants
with HAND.
Doyle et al. (2012) Aging, prospective memory,
and health-related quality of
life in HIV infection
41 HIV+ (≤40 yrs)
72 HIV+ (≥50 yrs)
MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
Self-reported PM was an
independent predictor of health-
related QoL in the overall sample;
however, time-based PM was only
associated with health-related QoL
in the younger group.
Hoare et al. (2012) A diffusion tensor imaging and
neuropsychological study of
prospective memory
impairment in South African
HIV positive individuals
128 HIV+ (40 DTI)
32 HIV- (10 DTI)
MIST, PRMQ PM associated with fractional
anisotropy values in all regions. HIV
effect for time-, but not event-based,
PM.
Morgan et al. (2012) Longer ongoing task delay
interval exacerbate prospective
memory deficits in HIV-
associated Neurocognitive
Disorders (HAND)
49 HAND
78 HIV-
MIST, PRMQ HAND group performed worse on
long-delay time-based PM tasks and
reported more long-delay PM
symptoms but there was no group
effect on short-delay PM
performance or symptoms.
Poquette et al. (2013) Prospective memory and
antiretroviral medication non-
adherence in HIV: An analysis
of ongoing task delay length
using the memory for
intentions screening test
74 HIV+ on ART MIST Poor long-delay time-based PM was
uniquely predictive of poor ART
adherence as measured by electronic
monitoring.
Blackstone et al. (2013) Memory-Based Strategies for
Antiretroviral Medication
Management: An Evaluation of
Clinical Predictors, Adherence
Behavior Awareness, and
Effectiveness
223 HIV+ on ART MIST
Poor event-based PM performance
was associated more frequent use of
ART adherence strategies.
Doyle et al. (2013) Prospective memory in HIV-
associated Neurocognitive
Disorders (HAND): The
neuropsychological dynamics
of time monitoring
55 HAND
108 HIV-
MIST, MIST 24-hr HAND group demonstrated poorer
strategic time monitoring, which was
related to lower time-based PM.
Casaletto et al. (2014) Self-predictions of prospective
memory in HIV-Associated
Neurocognitive Disorders:
Evidence of a metamemory
deficit
72 HAND+
131 HAND-
150 HIV-
MIST, PRMQ HAND+ group reported more
everyday PM symptoms but were
inaccurately overconfident in their
PM task predictions compared to
HAND- and HIV-. PM
overconfidence was associated with
executive dysfunction and ART
nonadherence.
Coulehan et al. (2014) The role of decision-making
ability in HIV/AIDS: impact on
prospective memory
89 HIV+ MIST, MIST 24-hr Risky decision-making performance
predicted PM independent of
executive functions.
Loft et al. (2014) Allowing brief delays in
responding improves event-
based prospective memory for
young adults living with HIV
disease
57 HIV+ young adults Ongoing lexical
decision-making
task with an
embedded focal and
non-focal task with
varying onset PM
response time.
Delaying the execution of PM
responses increased PM
performance accuracy, particularly
for non-focal targets.
Woods et al. (2014) Task importance affects event-
based prospective memory
performance in adults with
HIV-associated neurocognitive
disorders and HIV-infected
young adults with problematic
substance use
Study 1: 15 HAND+,
35 HAND-, 31 HIV-

Study 2: 58 HIV+
youth (33 with SUD)
Ongoing lexical
decision-making
task with a non-
focal event-based
PM paradigm.
Emphasizing PM task importance
vs. the ongoing task normalized PM
accuracy in HAND and SUD.
Doyle et al. (2015a) Time estimation and
production in HIV-associated
neurocognitive disorders
(HAND)
53 HAND+
120 HAND-
113 HIV−
MIST Time estimation and production
correlated with time-, but not event-
based PM in HIV
Doyle et al. (2015b) Habitual prospective memory
in HIV disease
36 HAND+
70 HAND-
115 HIV–
Computerized
habitual time-based
PM task with an
ongoing cognitive
and emotional
Stroop task.
HAND+ individuals had elevated
PM repetition errors. Worse habitual
PM was associated with poorer
learning and dependence in real-
world outcomes, including ART
nonadherence.
Sheppard et al. (2015) Does older age confer an
increased risk of incident
neurocognitive disorders
among persons living with HIV
disease?
56 HIV+ (≥ 50 yrs) MIST PM performance at baseline was
associated with incident
neurocognitive disorder at one-year
follow-up.
Avci et al. (2016) The effects of HIV disease and
older age on laboratory-based,
naturalistic, and self-perceived
symptoms of prospective
memory: Does retrieval cue
type and delay interval matter?
48 HIV+ (≤40 yrs)
112 HIV+(≥ 50 yrs)
77 HIV- (≤40 yrs)
77 HIV- (≥ 50 yrs)
MIST, MIST 24-hr,
PRMQ
Older age and HIV had independent
effects on long-delay time-based PM
in the laboratory, whereas on a
naturalistic PM task older HIV−
adults performed better than older
HIV+ adults and younger persons.
Older age, but not HIV, was
associated with a relative sparing of
self-perceived PM failures in daily
life across longer delay self-cued
intervals.
Sheppard et al. (2016) Pill burden influences the
association between time-based
prospective memory and
antiretroviral therapy
adherence in younger but not
older HIV-infected adults
117 HIV+(≥ 50 yrs)
82 HIV+ (≤40 yrs)
MIST In the older group, better time-based
PM performance was associated
with higher likelihood of ART
adherence, irrespective of pill
burden. Within the younger sample,
time-based PM was positively
related to adherence only in
participants with lower pill burden.
Sirois et al. (2016) Associations of memory and
executive functioning with
academic and adaptive
functioning among youth with
perinatal HIV exposure and/or
infection
258 HIV+ youth PROMACY PM was uniquely predictive of
verbal and mathematical academic
achievement.
Faytell et al. (in press-a) Visualisation of future task
performance improves
naturalistic prospective
memory for some younger
adults living with HIV disease
60 HIV+ youth MIST Visualization at encoding improved
naturalistic event-based PM for
HIV+ youth with low time-based
PM and normal learning.
Faytell et al. (in press-b) Calendaring and alarms can
improve naturalistic time-based
prospective memory for youth
infected with HIV
47 HIV+ youth MIST Calendaring and alarms improved
naturalistic time-based PM
performance, which was not
associated with the MIST.

Note. AAIM = Abbreviated Assessment of Intentional Memory; ART = Antiretroviral Therapy; DTI = Diffusion Tensor Imaging; HAND = HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorders; MCP-1 = Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1; MIST = Memory for Intentions Screening Test; MIST 24-hr = 24-hour delay trial of Memory for Intentions Screening Test; PRMQ = Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire; PROMACY = Prospective Memory Assessment for Children and Youth; PM = Prospective Memory; QoL = quality of life; SUD = Substance Use Disorder.