Table 2.
Differences in HIV care engagement among heavy drinking, drug using, and heavy drinking / drug using groups.
| Heavy drinkers (vs. Heavily drinking drug users) |
Drug users (vs. Heavily drinking drug users) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Engagement in HIV care and treatment | ||
| Ever had HIV care | AOR = 0.59 (95% CI = 0.36, 0.97)* | AOR = 1.04 (95% CI = 0.65, 1.66) |
| HIV care in past six months | AOR = 0.76 (95% CI = 0.51, 1.14) | AOR = 1.06 (95% CI= 0.76, 1.50) |
| Prescribed HIV medication | AOR = 0.92 (95% CI = 0.61, 1.38) | AOR = 0.96 (95% CI= 0.68, 1.36) |
| Excellent (95%) adherence | AOR = 1.37 (95% CI= 0.68, 2.73) | AOR = 2.38 (95% CI= 1.33, 4.23)* |
| Attitudes toward medical providers | ||
| Patient-provider relationshipa | b = 0.02, p = 0.47 | b = 0.02, p = 0.45 |
| Medical mistrust | b = 0.15, p = 0.84 | b = −0.02, p = 0.98 |
Note. AOR = Adjusted Odds Ratio (controlled for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education, and study site). 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval.
a
All three subscales of the patient-provider relationship scale were similarly nonsignificant. In these analyses the patient-provider scales are reversed scored and estimated with a negative binomial distribution such that higher scores are associated with a worse relationship.