Table 1.
HIV-infected Russian risky drinkers’ demographic and clinical characteristics: overall and for subgroups with any nondisclosure and recent nondisclosure
| Overall (N = 605) |
Any non-disclosure (N = 317) |
Recent nondisclosure (N = 544) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||
| Age mean (SD) | 29.9 (5.06) | 29.9 (5.17) | 29.9 (5.14) |
| Male | 358 (59.2 %) | 175 (55.2 %) | 317 (58.3 %) |
| Married or with partner | 235 (38.9 %) | 105 (33.1 %) | 217 (39.9 %) |
| Independent variables | |||
| Alcohol dependence | 388 (64.1 %) | 201 (63.4 %) | 350 (64.3 %) |
| Risky alcohol usea | 505 (83.5 %) | 262 (82.7 %) | 452 (83.1 %) |
| Alcohol use at time of sexa | 290 (48.2 %) | 149 (47.3 %) | 229 (42.3 %) |
| Covariates | |||
| Drug use during sexa | 183 (30.3 %) | 105 (33.1 %) | 165 (30.4 %) |
| Time since HIV diagnosis-less than 1 year | 148 (24.6 %) | 61 (19.4 %) | 136 (25.1 %) |
| Ever been on ART | 143 (23.6 %) | 89 (28.1 %) | 129 (23.7 %) |
| Current CD4 < 350b | 187 (30.9 %) | 98 (30.9 %) | 169 (31.1 %) |
| Lifetime history of injection drug use | 508 (84.0 %) | 278 (87.7 %) | 453 (83.3 %) |
| Multiple (>1) sex partners-past 3 months | 189 (31.2 %) | 130 (41.0 %) | 164 (30.2 %) |
| Lifetime history of sexually transmitted disease | 283 (46.8 %) | 177 (55.8 %) | 262 (48.2 %) |
| No or mild depressive symptoms (BDI < 20) | 360 (59.5 %) | 179 (56.5 %) | 327 (60.1 %) |
| No Depressive Symptoms (BDI ≤ 13) | 216 (35.7%) | 102 (32.2%) | 197 (36.2%) |
| Stigma mean score (SD)c (min–max) | 23.5 (4.47) [10–36] | 23.8 (4.54) [10–36] | 23.5 (4.43) [10–36] |
a
In the past 30 days
b
CD4 counts were missing for 87 participants (30.2 %)
c
Higher scores indicate higher degree of stigma