ArticleAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015
Heavy drinking trajectories among men who have sex with men: a longitudinal, group-based analysis.
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Alcohol consumption, substance use, and depression in relation to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) nonadherence among gay, bisexual, and other men-who-have-sex-with-men.BMC public health · 2020Article
- Early Sexual Experiences, Mental Health, and Risk Behavior among Black Non-Hispanic and Hispanic / Latino Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM).Journal of child sexual abuse · 2020Article
- Alcohol Use Patterns and Subsequent Sexual Behaviors Among Women, Men who have Sex with Men and Men who have Sex with Women Engaged in Routine HIV Care in the United States.AIDS and behavior · 2019Article
- Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and substance use disorder severity among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men.Substance use & misuse · 2019Article
- Repeated Measures Analysis of Alcohol Patterns among Gay and Bisexual Men in the Momentum Health Study.Substance use & misuse · 2018Article
- Association between alcohol consumption trajectories and clinical profiles among women and men living with HIV.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2018Article
- The impact of long-term moderate and heavy alcohol consumption on incident atherosclerosis among persons living with HIV.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeavy episodic drinking (HED) is associated with sexual risk behavior and HIV seroconversion among men who have sex with men (MSM), yet few studies have examined heavy drinking typologies in this population.
methodsWe analyzed data from 4,075 HIV-uninfected MSM (aged 16 to 88) participating in EXPLORE, a 48-month behavioral intervention trial, to determine the patterns and predictors of HED trajectories. HED was defined as the number of days in which ≥5 alcohol drinks were consumed in the past 6 months. Longitudinal group-based mixture models were used to identify HED trajectories, and multinomial logistic regression was used to determine correlates of membership in each group.
resultsWe identified 5 distinct HED trajectories: nonheavy drinkers (31.9%); infrequent heavy drinkers (i.e., <10 heavy drinking days per 6-month period, 54.3%); regular heavy drinkers (30 to 45 heavy drinking days per 6 months, 8.4%); drinkers who increased HED over time (average 33 days in the past 6 months to 77 days at end of follow-up, 3.6%); and very frequent heavy drinkers (>100 days per 6 months, 1.7%). Intervention arm did not predict drinking trajectory patterns. Younger age, self-identifying as white, lower educational attainment, depressive symptoms, and stimulant use were associated with reporting heavier drinking trajectories. Compared to nonheavy drinkers, participants who increased HED more often experienced a history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Over the study period, depressive symptomatology increased significantly among very frequent heavy drinkers.
conclusionsSocioeconomic factors, substance use, depression, and CSA were associated with heavier drinking patterns among MSM. Multicomponent interventions to reduce HED should seek to mitigate the adverse impacts of low educational attainment, depression, and early traumatic life events on the initiation, continuation, or escalation of frequent HED among MSM.
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