Poor Validity of Self‐Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users | Zendy

Irene Kuo | Zendy; Daniel W. Mudrick | Zendy; Steffanie A. Strathdee | Zendy; David L. Thomas | Zendy; Susan G. Sherman | Zendy

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Poor Validity of Self‐Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users

Author(s) -

Irene Kuo,

Daniel W. Mudrick,

Steffanie A. Strathdee,

David L. Thomas,

Susan G. Sherman

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/381440

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis b virus , vaccination , immunization , serology , hepatitis b , drug , immunology , viral disease , young adult , virology , virus , psychiatry , antibody

Self-reported hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection status and immunization status were compared with HBV serological markers among 324 young injection drug users (IDUs) and noninjection drug users (NIDUs). The overall validity of self-reported status was poor; 52% claiming to be vaccinated were actually susceptible to HBV. There was no difference in validity of self-reported HBV status between IDUs and NIDUs. Clinicians should adopt a "Don't Ask, Vaccinate" vaccination policy for young drug users.

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