Affiliations: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA, USA | David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA,
USA | UCLA School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA,
USA | Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare
System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Note: [] Address for correspondence: David J. Martin, Department of
Psychiatry, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W. Carson Street Box 488,
Torrance, CA 90509, USA. E-mail: djmartin@ucla.edu
Abstract: Treatment that prolongs the lives of people with HIV/AIDS and
improves their quality of life is relatively recent and little is known about
factors that may predict their successful re-entry to the workforce. No data
exist concerning the effectiveness of programs to assist people with HIV/AIDS
in their efforts to return to work. We used logistic regression and
Kaplan-Meier survival curves to predict return to work using data from 126
individuals who participated in an HIV/AIDS return to work program. Results
from the 24 month follow-up revealed that program participation, general
health, benefits status, and gender, predicted successful re-entry to the
workforce. We discuss these findings in the context of the need for more
explicitly-defined interventions, as well as the need for additional
information on factors that may hinder or facilitate workforce re-entry among
people with HIV/AIDS.
