Changes in Specific Substance Involvement Scores among SBIRT recipients in an HIV primary care setting.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Substance use is common among people living with HIV (PLHIV) and is associated with worse outcomes along the HIV care continuum. One potentially effective clinic-based approach to addressing unhealthy substance use is screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT). METHODS:We conducted a two-arm randomized trial to examine the effects of a self-administered, computerized SBIRT intervention compared to a clinician-administered SBIRT intervention in an HIV primary clinic. Patients were surveyed before receiving the intervention and again at 1, 3, and 6 months. We administered the WHO Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test to determine Specific Substance Involvement Scores (SSIS) and to assign participants to categories of lower, moderate, or hi

SUBMITTER: Dawson-Rose C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5725890 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature