Integrated stepped alcohol treatment for patients with HIV and alcohol use disorder: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We examined the effectiveness of integrated stepped alcohol treatment (ISAT) on alcohol use and HIV outcomes among patients living with HIV and alcohol use disorder.

Methods

In this multisite, randomised controlled trial, conducted in five Veterans Affairs-based HIV clinics in the USA (Atlanta, GA; Brooklyn-Manhattan, NY; Dallas and Houston, TX; and Washington, DC), we recruited people living with HIV and an alcohol use disorder who were not otherwise receiving formal alcohol treatment. Patients were eligible if they were aged 18 years or older, HIV positive, English speaking, and met criteria for alcohol use disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-IV criteria for alcohol abuse or dependence. Key exclusion criteria included if the pa

SUBMITTER: Edelman EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161741 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature