Use of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to determine the prevalence of alcohol misuse among HIV-infected individuals

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 517-521

  Surah, S ^a   Kieran, J ^a   O'Dea, S ^a   Shiel, C ^a   Raffee, S ^a   Mulcahy, F ^a   Keenan, E ^b   Lyons, F ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b McCarthy Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

alcohol misuse; AUDIT; hepatitis C; HIV; Ireland; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL MISUSE; AUDIT; HEPATITIS C; HIV; IRELAND; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887351076     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462412473885     Document Type: Article

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