Open AccessAwareness of Hepatitis C Diagnosis is Associated with Less Alcohol Use Among Persons Co-Infected with HIV
Author(s) -
Judith I. Tsui,
Richard Saitz,
Debbie M. Cheng,
David Nunes,
Howard Libman,
Julie Alperen,
Jeffrey H. Samet
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1007/s11606-007-0147-y
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatitis c , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , alcohol , hepatitis , viral disease , virology , biochemistry , chemistry
It is unknown whether testing HIV-infected individuals for hepatitis C virus (HCV) and informing them of their HCV status impacts subsequent alcohol use. We hypothesized that HIV-infected individuals with current or past alcohol problems who reported being told they had HCV were more likely to 1) abstain from alcohol and 2) not drink unhealthy amounts compared to individuals who had not been told.