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The interaction effects of HIV-related discrimination and HIV status disclosure on the psychological distress were examined using logistic and linear regression analyses.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The median age of the 804 respondents was 46\u00a0years old. Most respondents were male and 85.4% (687\/804) identified as homosexuals or bisexuals. A total of 12.7% (102\/804) of the respondents reported that they had recently experienced discrimination because of their HIV status. Experience of HIV-related discrimination was independently associated with high\u00a0psychological distress (adjusted OR 2.02; 95% CI, 1.15\u20133.57), and HIV status disclosure to friends partially weakened the association between discrimination and the level of psychological distress (regression coefficient\u2009\u22123.115; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.004).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>While measures that aim to end discrimination remain vital, increasing the opportunities of PLWH to communicate with friends they feel comfortable disclosing their HIV status may also be helpful in protecting their mental health.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s12529-024-10304-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,28]],"date-time":"2024-06-28T13:19:35Z","timestamp":1719580775000},"page":"608-618","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Investigating the Moderating Effect of HIV Status Disclosure on the Link Between Discrimination Experience and Psychological Distress Among People Living with HIV in Japan Infected Through Sexual Contact"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"32","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9725-1452","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeshi","family":"Miwa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chihiro","family":"Wakabayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kanna","family":"Hayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Junko","family":"Tanuma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kazuko","family":"Ikeda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshiyuki","family":"Yokomaku","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuzuru","family":"Ikushima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"6","key":"10304_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e207954","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2020.7954","volume":"3","author":"JL Marcus","year":"2020","unstructured":"Marcus JL, Leyden WA, Alexeeff SE, et al. 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