social contacts, pain & psychosocial factors in women with HIV - V1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Temporal associations between social contacts and activities of daily living, pain and mood in women living with HIV: An ecological momentary assessment study
IRAS ID
339246
Contact name
J I Marsden-Loftus
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Royal Holloway, University of London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
Chronic Pain (pain lasting for more than three months) is common in people living with HIV. The main theory of chronic pain is biopsychosocial, meaning that it contains biological, psychological, and social factors, and complicated relationships exist between these different factors. However, there is a lack of research on how this theory applies to people living with HIV, especially women. This project aims to add to the research, using Ecological Momentary Assessment, a data collection method in which data is collected repeatedly over several days. This allows for in-the-moment assessments of the data and for the analysis of relationships between variables across time. The project will recruit women living with HIV who are 18 or older. This is important, as the limited previous research that does exist has mainly focussed on older adult men living with HIV, even though chronic pain is more common in women. The project will investigate how the quantity and quality of participants’ social contacts affect their pain levels, ability to complete tasks of everyday life, and mood. The investigation of these variables is important, as previous research has collected only limited data on social contacts and difficulties completing tasks of everyday life.
REC name
North East - York Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/NE/0082
Date of REC Opinion
13 Jun 2024
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion