Alcohol use and HIV suppression after completion of financial incentives for alcohol abstinence and isoniazid adherence: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In a recent randomized trial, six months of financial incentives contingent for recent alcohol abstinence led to lower levels of hazardous drinking, while incentives for recent isoniazid (INH) ingestion had no impact on INH adherence, during TB preventive therapy among persons with HIV (PWH). Whether the short-term incentives influence long-term alcohol use and HIV viral suppression post-intervention is unknown.

Methods

We analyzed twelve-month HIV viral suppression and alcohol use in the Drinkers' Intervention to Prevent Tuberculosis study, a randomized controlled trial among PWH with latent TB and unhealthy alcohol use in south-western Uganda. We randomly assigned 680 participants (1:1:1:1) initiating six months of INH to: Arm 1, no incentives (control); Arm 2,

SUBMITTER: Muyindike WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11764067 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature