The prevalence of alcohol use disorders among people living with HIV/AIDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is common among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and associated with a greater risk of poor medication adherence, unsafe sexual behaviors as well as poor quality of life. To our knowledge, there is no previous systematic review and meta-analysis that reported the pooled prevalence estimate of AUD among PLWHA. Therefore, this review aimed to systematically review the available studies on the prevalence of AUD among PLWHA and forward possible recommendations for future clinical practice and research. METHODS:PubMed, EMBASE, Psych INFO and SCOPUS databases were searched to identify the relevant studies. We have also scanned the reference lists of the eligible studies to supplement our electronic search. We used the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software

SUBMITTER: Duko B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6854786 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature