TABLE 1—
Authors | Setting | Population | Analytic Sample, No. | Study Design | Outcomes Studied |
Baguso et al.47 | United States | Transgender women living with HIV | 123 | Cross sectional | Engagement with HIV care, ART use, detectable or unknown viral load |
Bogart et al.51 | United States | Black, African American MSM living with HIV | 152 | Prospective cohort | ART adherence |
Bogart et al.52 | United States | Black, African American MSM living with HIV | 181 | Cross sectional (baseline survey as part of prospective study) | Depression, PTSD |
Bogart et al.53 | United States | Black and Latino MSM living with HIV | 181 Black participants, 167 Latino participants | Prospective (Black participants), cross sectional (Latino participants) | Side effect severity, AIDS symptoms, CD4 cell count, undetectable viral load, emergency department use |
Calabrese et al.54 | Russia | People living with HIV who inject drugs | 383 | Cross sectional | Health status, health service use |
Carrasco et al.55 | Dominican Republic | Cis-gender female sex workers living with HIV | 228 | Cross sectional (follow-up data from a prospective cohort study) | Consistent condom use, social cohesion |
Dale and Safren48 | United States | Cis-gender Black women living with HIV | 100 | Cross sectional (baseline data from an intervention study) | PTSD symptoms, posttraumatic cognitions |
Dale et al.49 | United States | Cis-gender Black women living with HIV | 100 | Cross sectional (baseline data from an intervention study) | Barriers to HIV-related care |
Earnshaw et al.56 | United States | Clients living with HIV at a community clinic who reported use of illicit substances, misuse of prescription drugs, or use of alcohol in the past 3 months | 85 | Cross sectional | Depressive symptoms |
Earnshaw et al.57 | United States | Black gay and bisexual men who were newly diagnosed with HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis; 31.8% of participants were diagnosed with HIV | 151 | Prospective cohort | HIV/STI internalized stigma |
English et al.58 | United States | Sexual minority men (biologically and self-identified as male and as gay, bisexual, or another nonheterosexual identity); the sample was composed of Black (42.7%), Latino (30.0%), and multiracial (25.3%) participants, 57.1% of whom were living with HIV | 170 | Prospective cohort | Substance use (drug use and heavy drinking), emotion regulation difficulties |
Logie et al.59 | Canada | Women living with HIV who were members of marginalized communities (including indigenous, Black, and transgender communities) represented in Canada’s HIV epidemic | 1367 | Cross sectional | ART adherence, CD4 count, viral load |
Reisen et al.60 | United States | Latino gay men living with HIV | 301 | Cross sectional | Depression, gay collective identity |
Vetrova et al.61 | Russia | People living with HIV who injected drugs and had a documented ART naive status (i.e., they had never started treatment) | 188 | Observational prospective cohort | Access to health care, use of health care |
Yang et al.62 | China | MSM living with HIV | 193 | Cross sectional (baseline survey as part of prospective study) | Depression, anxiety, psychological resilience, quality of life |
Yang et al.50 | Botswana | Clients living with HIV from a dedicated infectious disease center and members of the general community without a reported HIV status | 38 focus groups, 46 in-depth Interviews | Mixed methods | Scale development: construct validity examined with validated HIV stigma scale, depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and social support |
Note. ART = antiretroviral therapy; MSM = men who have sex with men; PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; STI = sexually transmitted infection. A total of 16 studies were included in the review.