Winnie Muyindike|Christine Lloyd?Travaglini|Robin Fatch|Nneka Emenyonu|Julian Adong|Christine Ngabirano|Debbie M. Cheng|Michael Winter|Jeffrey H. Samet|Judith A. Hahn
Phosphatidylethanol confirmed alcohol use among ART-naïve HIV-infected persons who denied consumption in rural Uganda
Mbarara University of Science and Technology|Mbarara National Referral Hospital|Boston University|University of California, San Francisco|University of California, San Francisco|Mbarara University of Science and Technology|Mbarara University of Science and Technology|Boston University|Boston University|Boston Medical Center|University of California, San Francisco
underreporting alcohol use hivinfected patients could adversely impact clinical care study examined factors associated underreporting alcohol consumption patients denied alcohol use clinical research settings using alcohol biomarker enrolled artnave hivinfected adults mbarara hospital hiv clinic uganda conducted baseline interviews alcohol use demographics spirituality religiosity index sri health functional status tested breath alcohol content collected blood phosphatidylethanol peth sensitive specific biomarker alcohol use determined peth status among participants denied alcohol consumption clinic counselors group 1 n 104 denied alcohol use research interview group 2 n 198 positive peth defined 8 ngml multiple logistic regression models used examine whether testing pethpositive varied demographics literacy spirituality socially desirable reporting physical health status results showed among 104 participants group 1 288 pethpositive odds pethpositive higher reporting prior unhealthy drinking adjusted odds ratio aor 47 95 confidence interval ci 18 125 factors statistically significant among 198 participants group 2 131 pethpositive odds pethpositive higher reporting past unhealthy drinking aor 46 95 ci 18 122 catholics aor 38 95 ci 13 110 compared protestants lower literate participants aor 03 95 ci 01 08 concluded underreporting alcohol use hiv clinic staff substantial lower research setting conducted testing breath alcohol peth report past unhealthy drinking may highlight current alcohol use among deniers strategies improve alcohol selfreport needed within hiv care settings uganda