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ArticleSocial work in health care2020

A descriptive analysis of concurrent alcohol and substance use among patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection.

Omar T Sims, Kaiying Wang, Rasheeta Chandler, Pamela A Melton, Duong N Truong

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Article in Social work in health care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Omar T SimsDepartment of Social Work, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3207-2231
Kaiying WangDepartment of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL, USA.
Rasheeta ChandlerCenter for AIDS Prevention Studies, Division of Prevention Science, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco , San Francisco, CA, USA.
Pamela A MeltonSchool of Social Work, Tulane University , New Orleans, LA, USA.
Duong N TruongDepartment of Health Care Organization and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham , Birmingham, AL, USA.
Emory University · USGeorgia State University · USTulane University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Substance Use and HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Training ProgramR25DA028567 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Julia Lechuga, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2009 to 2026
$5.4M
Training Program for Scientists Conducting Research to Reduce HIV Health DisparitR25MH067127 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Emily A Arnold, Torsten Brian Neilands · 2003 to 2026
$5.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS L30 AA023401NIDA NIH HHS R25 DA028567NIMH NIH HHS R25 MH067127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of concurrent alcohol and substance use among patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection and to compare demographic and clinical characteristics of those with concurrent alcohol and substance to those with alcohol or substance use, and to those who were abstinent. We conducted an analysis of patient reported outcomes data of patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection (n = 327) who transitioned from primary care to sub-specialty care for evaluation of candidacy for HCV treatment at a university-affiliated HIV Clinic. The prevalence of self-reported concurrent alcohol and substance use was 33%. A higher proportion of those with concurrent alcohol and substance use were currently smoking tobacco, and those who were abstinent had higher ratings of health-related quality of life compared to those with alcohol or substance use. To reduce patients' risk for progression to advanced stages of HIV, HCV, and liver-related disease due to continued alcohol and substance and tobacco use, social workers and other health care professionals are encouraged to develop and implement intervention strategies to assist patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection in efforts to achieve behavioral change.

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AdultAgedAlcoholismFemaleHepatitis CHIV InfectionsHumansLiver DiseasesMaleMental HealthMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSocioeconomic FactorsSubstance Abuse, Intravenousalcohol useHCVHIVsubstance usetobacco smoking

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PMID32873213
PMCPMC9494867
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