Emotional Loneliness Is Related to Objective Cognitive Function in Older People With HIV in the Washington-Baltimore

Moka Yoo-Jeong1, Raha M Dastgheyb, Eran F Shorer

  • 1Moka Yoo-Jeong, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Raha M. Dastgheyb, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Eran F. Shorer, MD, MSc, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Cornelia Demsky, BA, is a Senior Research Coordinator, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Olivia Fox, BS, BA, is a Research Program Director, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Divya Inaganti, is an Medical Student, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas, USA. Sarah Kanner, BS, is a Clinical Research Program Coordinator, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Ava G. Neijna, BA, is a Clinical Research Assistant, Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Alison Buchholz, PhD, is an Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Tracey E. Wilson, PhD, is Distinguished Service Professor of the Department of Community Health Sciences and Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research, Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Leah H. Rubin, PhD, MA, MPH, is a Professor, Department of Neurology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

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