2020
Alcohol Use and Antiretroviral Adherence Among Patients Living with HIV: Is Change in Alcohol Use Associated with Change in Adherence?
Williams EC, McGinnis KA, Rubinsky AD, Matson TE, Bobb JF, Lapham GT, Edelman EJ, Satre DD, Catz SL, Richards JE, Bryant KJ, Marshall BDL, Kraemer KL, Crystal S, Gordon AJ, Skanderson M, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Bradley KA. Alcohol Use and Antiretroviral Adherence Among Patients Living with HIV: Is Change in Alcohol Use Associated with Change in Adherence? AIDS And Behavior 2020, 25: 203-214. PMID: 32617778, PMCID: PMC7775874, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-020-02950-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol useAntiretroviral therapyLow-level alcohol useInitial adherenceAntiretroviral adherenceAdherence interventionsAdherence decreasesAlcohol use increasesScreening scoresLongitudinal associationsAdherencePLWHHIVAnnual changesLinear regression modelsStable scoresRegression modelsScoresSmall annual changesDynamic longitudinal associationsAssociationUse increasesPatientsTherapy
2019
HIV Disease Severity Is Sensitive to Temporal Changes in Alcohol Use: A National Study of VA Patients With HIV.
Williams EC, McGinnis KA, Tate JP, Matson TE, Rubinsky AD, Bobb JF, Lapham GT, Edelman EJ, Catz SL, Satre DD, Bryant KJ, Marshall BDL, Kraemer KL, Bensley KM, Richards JE, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Bradley KA. HIV Disease Severity Is Sensitive to Temporal Changes in Alcohol Use: A National Study of VA Patients With HIV. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2019, 81: 448-455. PMID: 30973541, PMCID: PMC6594884, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVACS Index 2.0HIV disease severityVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAlcohol useDisease severityLow-level alcohol useNational Veterans Health AdministrationChange scoresAging Cohort StudyVeterans Health AdministrationAUDIT-C screensAUDIT-CsCohort studyHIV severityVA patientsHealth AdministrationSeverity measuresSeverityHIVPWHMultiple mechanismsNational studyScoresNational sampleDays