ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2017
Documented brief intervention not associated with resolution of unhealthy alcohol use one year later among VA patients living with HIV.
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- The tracking and reducing alcohol consumption (TRAC) intervention for veterans living with HIV/AIDS: results from a pilot randomized waitlist-controlled trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Behavioral Intervention, Text Messaging, and Extended Intervention to Address Alcohol Misuse in Sexual Minority Men with HIV: A Factorial Randomized Clinical Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2024Trial
- Patterns of alcohol use and associated characteristics and HIV-related outcomes among a sample of African-American women living with HIV.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2020Trial
- Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use among Primary Care Patients with HIV: the Health and Motivation Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Trial
- Study protocol: a cluster-randomized trial implementing Sustained Patient-centered Alcohol-related Care (SPARC trial).Implementation science : IS · 2018Trial
- Changes in Specific Substance Involvement Scores among SBIRT recipients in an HIV primary care setting.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2017Trial
- Understanding Remission of Long-Term Conditions Through Electronic Health Records: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Characterizing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Patterns and Their Association with Alcohol Use Reduction and Alcohol Use Disorder During Follow-Up in HIV Care.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Pilot Trial of a Smartphone-Based Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Consumption among Veterans with HIV.Military behavioral health · 2023Article
- Interventions for Integrating Behavioral Health Services Into HIV Clinical Care: A Narrative Review.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Review
- Racial/ethnic and gender differences in receipt of brief intervention among patients with unhealthy alcohol use in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Article
- Health System-Based Unhealthy Alcohol Use Screening and Treatment Comparing Demographically Matched Participants With and Without HIV.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2020Article
- Utility of routine alcohol screening for monitoring changes in alcohol consumption.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Gender and alcohol use: influences on HIV care continuum in a national cohort of patients with HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Article
- Factors associated with hazardous alcohol use and motivation to reduce drinking among HIV primary care patients: Baseline findings from the Health & Motivation study.Addictive behaviors · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveUnhealthy alcohol use is particularly risky for patients living with HIV (PLWH). Brief interventions reduce drinking among patients with unhealthy alcohol use, but whether its receipt in routine outpatient settings is associated with reduced drinking among PLWH with unhealthy alcohol use is unknown. We assessed whether PLWH who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use were more likely to resolve unhealthy drinking one year later if they had brief alcohol intervention (BI) documented in their electronic health record in a national sample of PLWH from the Veterans Health Administration.
methodsSecondary VA clinical and administrative data from the electronic medical record (EMR) were used to identify all positive alcohol screens (AUDIT-C score≥5) documented among PLWH (10/01/09-5/30/13) followed by another alcohol screen documented 9-15months later. Unadjusted and adjusted Poisson regression models assessed the association between brief intervention (advice to reduce drinking or abstain documented in EMR) and resolution of unhealthy alcohol use (follow-up AUDIT-C<5 with ≥2 point reduction).
resultsOverall 2101 PLWH with unhealthy drinking (10/01/09-5/30/13) had repeat alcohol screens 9-15months later. Of those, 77% had brief intervention documented after their first screen, and 61% resolved unhealthy alcohol use at follow-up. Documented brief intervention was not associated with resolution [Adjusted incidence rate ratio 0.96, (95% CI 0.90-1.02)].
conclusionsDocumented brief intervention was not associated with resolving unhealthy alcohol use at follow-up screening among VA PLWH with unhealthy alcohol use. Effective methods of resolving unhealthy alcohol use in this vulnerable population are needed.
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