Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals living with HIV in Hawassa City, Ethiopia: a facility based cross- sectional study.
Bereket DukoAlemayehu TomaYacob AbrahamPublished in: Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy (2019)
In the current study, magnitude of alcohol use disorder among people living with HIV was high and, calls for integrating services provided to HIV patients in HIV care and treatment clinic which enhances timely detection and management of AUD cases. This also alerts the stakeholders in HIV prevention and control programs to invest a greater efforts to retain patients in addiction treatment and rehabilitation centers. Lastly, appropriate screening and health education on consequences of alcohol use disorder is warranted.
Keyphrases
- alcohol use disorder
- end stage renal disease
- healthcare
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- antiretroviral therapy
- public health
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- loop mediated isothermal amplification