Trial reportAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2014
Perceived medical risks of drinking, alcohol consumption, and hepatitis C status among heavily drinking HIV primary care patients.
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- Behavioral Interventions Targeting Alcohol Use Among People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for patients with HIV and at-risk alcohol use: a randomized trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2020Trial
- Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for patients with HIV and liver disease: A randomized trial.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for patients with HIV and alcohol use disorder: a randomised controlled trial.The lancet. HIV · 2019Trial
- Efficacy of Extended-Release Naltrexone on HIV-Related and Drinking Outcomes Among HIV-Positive Patients: A Randomized-Controlled Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2019Trial
- The Importance of Context: Neighborhood Drinking Norms and Heavy Drinking Among HIV Patients.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2016Trial
- Post-treatment drinking among HIV patients: Relationship to pre-treatment marijuana and cocaine use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Trial
- Situational and motivational factors associated with unhealthy alcohol use among Russian women with HIV and hepatitis C Virus co-infection.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Alcohol Use and Ethnicity Independently Predict Antiretroviral Therapy Nonadherence Among Patients Living with HIV/HCV Coinfection.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- Medical Reasons for Limiting Drinking: Data from a Sexual Health Clinic.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Receipt of alcohol-related care among patients with HCV and unhealthy alcohol use.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- The Starting Treatment for Ethanol in Primary care Trials (STEP Trials): Protocol for Three Parallel Multi-Site Stepped Care Effectiveness Studies for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in HIV-Positive Patients.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Article
- Substance Use and Adherence Among People Living with HIV/AIDS Receiving cART in Latin America.AIDS and behavior · 2016Article
- Perceived benefits and negative consequences of alcohol consumption in women living with HIV: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Perceptions of Alcohol Risk Among HIV/Hepatitis C Coinfected Patients.Journal of addiction medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHeavy drinking poses significant risks to the health and survival of individuals infected with HIV, particularly those coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, little is known about patients' perceptions of these risks, and whether these perceptions relate to their alcohol consumption.
methodsA sample of 254 heavily drinking HIV primary care patients (78% male; 94.5% minority; 31.8% with HCV) reported on their perceptions of the medical risks of drinking and on their alcohol consumption prior to participation in a drinking-reduction intervention trial.
resultsIn the HIV-infected sample as a whole, 62.9% reported that they had a medical problem made worse by drinking, and 64.3% reported restricting drinking to avoid future medical problems. Although patients coinfected with HIV/HCV reported greater efforts to restrict drinking to avoid future medical problems (adjusted odds ratio = 1.94), their reported drinking quantity and frequency did not differ from that of HIV mono-infected patients. Awareness of medical risk was not associated with drinking level. Effort to restrict drinking to avoid medical risk was associated with lower drinking quantity, frequency, and binge frequency (ps < 0.05), but the association with binge frequency was specific to patients without HCV.
conclusionsOver one-third of HIV patients are unaware of the medical risks of drinking, and do not restrict use, suggesting the need for intervention in this group. Patients coinfected with HIV/HCV may report more effort to restrict drinking, but their reported drinking quantity and frequency suggest that they are actually drinking just as heavily as HIV mono-infected patients. Awareness of medical risk was unrelated to drinking, which suggests the need for interventions consisting of more than simple education. However, reported effort to restrict drinking did predict less drinking, suggesting the importance of patient commitment and initiative in change.
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