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doi:10.1007/s10461-023-04042-y...

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Beesiga, Brian Marson, Kara Fatch, Robin Emenyonu, Nneka I. Adong, Julian Kekibiina, Allen Puryear, Sarah Lodi, Sara McDonell, Michael G. Muyindike, Winnie R. Kamya, Moses R. Hahn, Judith A. Chamie, Gabriel
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en
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Springer

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Medicine & Public Health

Year

2023

listing date

4/5/2023

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coronavirus disease-19 (covid-19) hiv tb lockdown unhealthy alcohol use bar-based lockdown alcohol
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Abstract

To better understand the impact of Uganda’s initial COVID-19 lockdown on alcohol use, we conducted a cross-sectional survey (August 2020-September 2021) among persons with HIV (PWH) with unhealthy alcohol use (but not receiving an alcohol intervention), enrolled in a trial of incentives to reduce alcohol use and improve isoniazid preventive therapy.

We examined associations between bar-based drinking and decreased alcohol use, and decreased alcohol use and health outcomes (antiretroviral therapy [ART] access, ART adherence, missed clinic visits, psychological stress and intimate partner violence), during lockdown.

Of 178 adults surveyed whose data was analyzed, (67% male, median age: 40), 82% reported bar-based drinking at trial enrollment; 76% reported decreased alcohol use during lockdown.

In a multivariate analysis, bar-based drinking was not associated with greater decreases in alcohol use during lockdown compared to non-bar-based drinking (OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.31–2.11), adjusting for age and sex.

There was a significant association between decreased alcohol use and increased stress during lockdown (adjusted β = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.07–3.11, P < 0.010), but not other health outcomes.

Beesiga, Brian,Marson, Kara,Fatch, Robin,Emenyonu, Nneka I.,Adong, Julian,Kekibiina, Allen,Puryear, Sarah,Lodi, Sara,McDonell, Michael G.,Muyindike, Winnie R.,Kamya, Moses R.,Hahn, Judith A.,Chamie, Gabriel, 2023, Effects of a COVID-19 Public Health Lockdown on Drinking and Health Behavior Among Persons with HIV and with Unhealthy Alcohol use in Uganda, Springer

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