Medical Reasons for Limiting Drinking: Data from a Sexual Health Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Heavy drinking poses health risks for individuals with HIV, and some individuals with HIV attempt to reduce drinking. Little is known about whether medical reasons motivate HIV-infected individuals to reduce drinking.

Objectives

We evaluated medical reasons for limiting drinking among patients in a sexual health clinic, and explored whether these reasons could be operationalized as a new scale for research and clinical use in sexual health clinics.

Methods

A sample of 70 patients in a sexual health clinic who reported efforts to limit drinking in the past month (84% with self-reported HIV; 81% male; 50% Black) completed a nine-item medical reasons for limiting drinking scale on a tablet while waiting for their appointment. Exploratory factor analysis was pe

SUBMITTER: Elliott JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6476630 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature