Alcohol abstinence stigma and alcohol use among HIV patients in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hazardous alcohol use is prevalent among people living with HIV (PWH), leading to sub-optimal HIV treatment outcomes. In Vietnam, alcohol use is highly normative making it socially challenging for PWH to reduce or abstain. We used mixed methods to develop a quantitative scale to assess alcohol abstinence stigma and examined the association between alcohol abstinence stigma with alcohol use among PWH in Vietnam.

Methods

We conducted qualitative interviews with 30 PWH with hazardous alcohol use from an antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic in the Thai Nguyen to inform item development. Alcohol use was assessed using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test. We tested items in a survey of 1,559 ART clinic patients to assess internal consistency and structural vali

SUBMITTER: Lancaster KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526924 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature