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Alcohol consumption features and strategy to reduce its consumption among HIV-positive inpatient and outpatient patients

Published:2020-09-28 Issue:3 Volume: Page:34-38
ISSN:1609-1175
Container-title:Pacific Medical Journal
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Short-container-title:Tihookeanskij medicinskij žurnal

Author:

Yakovlev A. A.¹^ORCID,Kelly J.²,Dyachkov A. G.³^ORCID,Musatov V. B.¹^ORCID,Amirkhanian Y. A.⁴,Kuznetsova A. V.⁵,Pirogov D. G.⁵,Meylakhs A. Yu.⁵,Nechaev V. V.⁶

Affiliation:

1. Saint-Petersburg State University

2. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

3. First Pavlov State Medical University

4. Medical College of Wisconsin

5. Botkin Clinical Isolation Hospital

6. North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

Abstract

Objective: To assess the patterns of alcohol consumption by HIV-positive patients and to determine effective and ineffective strategies to reduce harm from alcohol consumption.Methods: A survey of 286 HIV-positive inpatient and outpatient patients was carried out as well as a qualitative study by focus group method of HIV-positive individuals living in St. Petersburg.Results: Almost the half of patients has demonstrated a dangerous level of alcohol consumption that affected adherence to treatment. Persons closest to HIV-positive patients have both positive and negative effect on the patterns of alcohol consumption.Conclusions: Alcohol consumption is a common behavioral practice among HIV-positive patients requiring periodic monitoring. Persons closest to a patient influence his/her behavior and can be used in planning of preventive measures in addictive pathology.

Publisher

Pacific State Medical University

Subject

General Medicine

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