This study followed 118 HIV+ individuals who had taken steps to return
to work to determine facilitators or barriers in returning to work. Over
the two-year study period, 52% of the participants obtained employment.
Memory function served as the most potent predictor of obtaining
employment. Persons who were younger, did not have a diagnosis of AIDS and
who had shorter periods of unemployment prior to entering the study also
had better chances of finding employment during the study. After finding
employment, participants reported lower levels of depression as well, an
apparent result of their obtaining employment. These findings indicate
that memory is a key neuropsychiatric variable that is perhaps most
relevant to HIV+ persons' quest to return to work. (JINS,
2007, 13, 80–89.)