Jeffrey D Wardell, Sergio Rueda, Nicolle Fox, Cecilia T Costiniuk, Mohammad-Ali Jenabian, Shari Margolese, Enrico Mandarino, Paul Shuper, Christian S Hendershot, John A Cunningham, Gordon Arbess, Joel Singer
This study examined the feasibility of using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to disentangle medicinal cannabis use (MCU) from recreational cannabis use (RCU) among people living HIV (PLWH). Over a 14-day period, PLWH (N = 29) who engaged in both MCU and RCU completed a smartphone-based survey before and after every cannabis use event assessing general motivation for cannabis use (MCU-only, RCU-only, or mixed MCU/RCU), cannabis use behavior, and several antecedents and outcomes of cannabis use. A total of 739 pre-cannabis surveys were completed; 590 (80%) of the prompted post-cannabis surveys were completed...
November 7, 2022: AIDS and Behavior