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- Title
Alcohol effect on HIV-positive individuals: treatment and quality of life.
- Authors
Da Frota Santos, Vanessa; Gimeniz Galvão, Marli Teresinha; Da Cunha, Gilmara Holanda; Vieira De Lima, Ivana Cristina; Gir, Elucir
- Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the influence of alcohol on adherence to antiretroviral therapy, and quality of life, of HIV-infected individuals. Methods: A cross-sectional study investigated 114 people with HIV using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT), a Questionnaire to Assess the Compliance to Antiretroviral Treatment (CEAT-VIH), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument - HIV Bref (WHOQOL-HIV Bref). Results: Adequate adherence to therapy (63.2%) and low alcohol consumption (89.4%) were observed. There was a significant association between the harmful use of alcohol and the past history of use of this substance (p=0.03). The Physical (p=0.01) and Social Relations (p=0.01) domains of quality of life were affected by at-risk alcohol consumption. Conclusion: Low alcohol use did not have negative repercussions on adherence to antiretroviral therapy; however, the harmful use of alcohol altered domains of quality of life.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; STATISTICAL correlation; ALCOHOL drinking; DRUGS; FISHER exact test; HIV infections; PATIENT compliance; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; DATA analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2017, Vol 30, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201700014