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| Title |
Alcohol use and depression: link with adherence and viral suppression in adult patients on antiretroviral therapy in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa: a cross-sectional study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-016-3209-4 |
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| Authors |
Bernard Cerutti, Barbara Broers, Motlomelo Masetsibi, Olatunbosun Faturiyele, Likabelo Toti-Mokoteli, Mokete Motlatsi, Joelle Bader, Thomas Klimkait, Niklaus D Labhardt |
| Abstract |
Depression and alcohol use disorder have been shown to be associated with poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Studies examining their association with viral suppression in rural Africa are, however, scarce. This study reports prevalence of depressive symptoms and alcohol use disorder, and their potential association with adherence and viral suppression in adult patients on ART in ten clinics in rural Lesotho, Southern Africa. Among 1,388 adult patients (69 % women), 80.7 % were alcohol abstinent, 6.3 % were hazardous drinkers (men: 10.7 %, women: 4.4 %, p < 0.001). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 28.8 % (men 20.2 %, women 32.7 %, p < 0.001). Both alcohol consumption (adjusted odds-ratio: 2.09, 95 % CI: 1.58-2.77) and alcohol use disorder (2.73, 95 % CI: 1.68-4.42) were significantly associated with poor adherence. There was, however, no significant association with viral suppression. Whereas the results of this study confirm previously reported association of alcohol use disorder with adherence to ART, there was no association with viral suppression. April 28th 2014; NCT02126696 . |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 5 | 71% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 71% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 29% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 104 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 104 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 14% |
| Researcher | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 18 | 17% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 20% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 20 | 19% |
| Psychology | 7 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 15% |
| Unknown | 28 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 October 2016.
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#7,344,818
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#7,729
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#113,333
of 333,414 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#194
of 370 outputs
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