Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2010 Jul-Aug;9(4):218-26.
doi: 10.1177/1545109710371133.

Screening for hazardous alcohol use and depressive symptomatology among HIV-infected patients in Nigeria: prevalence, predictors, and association with adherence

John Farley  1 , Erin Miller, Andrew Zamani, Vicki Tepper, Chester Morris, Modupe Oyegunle, Maria Lin, Manhattan Charurat, William Blattner
Affiliations

Screening for hazardous alcohol use and depressive symptomatology among HIV-infected patients in Nigeria: prevalence, predictors, and association with adherence

John Farley et al. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic). 2010 Jul-Aug.

Abstract

Scores from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) administered to both antiretroviral therapy (ART)-experienced and -naive adults in HIV care in Nigeria were evaluated for association with participant characteristics and ART adherence measured by pharmacy records. Participants included 222 ART-experienced and 177 ART-naive adults, of whom 47 (12%) had AUDIT >/=8, 29 (7%) an AUDIT >/=10, 52 (13%) a CES-D >/=16, and 25 (6%) a CES-D >/=21. An elevated AUDIT score was more frequent among ART-naive and men, while disclosure of HIV status to others was associated with lower scores. An elevated CES-D score was more frequent among ART-naive and those with lower educational level, while disclosure of HIV status and choosing to be interviewed in English rather than Hausa was associated with lower scores. An elevated CES-D score was associated with poor adherence.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. World Health Organization HIV/AIDS epidemiological surveillance report for the WHO African region: 2007 update. http://www.afro.who.int/aids/publications/OMS%20HIVAIDS%20in%20Africa%20.... Accessed August 11, 2009.
    1. World Health Organization Towards universal access: scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector, progress report June 2008. http://www.who.int/hiv/pub/2008progressreport/en/index.html. Accessed August 11, 2009.
    1. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Country responses: Nigeria. http://www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/Countries/nigeria.asp. Accessed January 8, 2010.
    1. Nigerian National Agency for the Control of AIDS Nigeria UNGASS Report, 2007. http://www.data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008/nigeria_2008_country_progress.... Accessed January 8, 2010.
    1. Mill EJ, Nachega JB, Buchan I, et al. Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa and North America: a meta-analysis. JAMA. 2006;296(6):679–690. - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources