Abstract
Abstract: The role of cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs) on physical health-related quality of life (P-HRQoL) and quality of sleep was examined among 261 PLWH >=40 years, recruited from a university-affiliated HIV clinic in the Deep U.S. South. Using a cross-sectional study design, participants completed the Medical Outcomes Study HIV Health Survey (MOS-HIV; P-HRQoL) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. The overall prevalence of self-reporting >=1 CMD was 64.4%. P-HRQoL scores were lower in PLWH with >=1 CMD compared with those with no CMDs (45.53 +/- 11.54 vs. 49.67 +/- 10.77, p <.01). Poor sleep quality was higher among participants with >=1 CMD compared with those with no CMDs (9.28 +/- 4.42 vs. 7.26 +/- 4.17, p<.01). Each additional CMD resulted in a 1.83-point decrease in P-HRQoL and 0.74-point increase in poor sleep quality scores. Interventions that focus on targeting these quality-of-life domains in PLWH with CMDs are needed.