Treatment for alcohol use disorder among persons with and without HIV in a clinical care setting in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol use disorders (AUD) can lead to poor health outcomes. Little is known about AUD treatment among persons with HIV (PWH). In an integrated health system in Northern California, 2014-2017, we compared AUD treatment rates between PWH with AUD and persons without HIV (PWoH) with AUD.

Methods

Using Poisson regression with GEE, we estimated prevalence ratios (PRs) comparing the annual probability of receiving AUD treatment (behavioral intervention or dispensed medication), adjusted for sociodemographics, psychiatric comorbidities, insurance type, and calendar year. Among PWH, we examined independent AUD treatment predictors using PRs adjusted for calendar year only.

Results

PWH with AUD (N = 633; 93% men, median age 49) were likelier than PWoH with AUD (N 

SUBMITTER: Davy-Mendez T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8671330 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature