---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author post-print manuscript Published in final form: Pillay P, Wadley AL, Cherry CL, Karstaedt AS, Kamerman PR. Psychological factors associated with painful versus non-painful HIV-associated sensory neuropathy. AIDS and Behavior (in press) [link to publisher] DOI: 10.1007/s10461-017-1856-9, PMID: 28710709 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Psychological factors associated with painful vs. non-painful HIV-associated sensory neuropathy. Authors: Prinisha Pillay a , Antonia L Wadley a , Catherine L Cherry a,b,c , Alan S Karstaedt d , Peter R Kamerman a,e a Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa b International Clinical Research Laboratory, Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia c Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia d Department of Medicine, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa e School of Biomedical Science, Curtin University, Perth, Australia Correspondence: Prinisha Pillay School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Rd, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193 Email: prinishapillay_13@yahoo.com; Tel: +27 (0)11 857 2624 Email addresses of all Authors: PP prinishapillay_13@yahoo.com ALW antonia.wadley@wits.ac.za CCL kate.cherry@monash.edu ASK karstaedt@mweb.co.za PRK peter.kamerman@wits.ac.za Funding: Medical Faculty Research Endowment Fund of the University of the Witwatersrand (PP), Medical Research Council of South Africa (PRK), National Research Foundation Rated Researchers Programme (PRK), Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program received by the Burnet Institute (CLC), and Developed-Developing Countries Collaborative Research Grant of the International Association for the Study of Pain (CLC, PRK). Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the patients and staff of the Greenhouse Pharmacy at the Chris- Hani Baragwanath Hospital, and Florence Mtsweni for acting as an interpreter in the study. They are also grateful for the assistance of Mr. Rashid Adam from the Greenhouse Pharmacy. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contribution to this work of the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program received by the Burnet Institute (CLC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the TATA Foundation for Doctoral funding (PP) and the Hillel Friedland Trust for Fellowship funding (AW).