{"id":383,"date":"2012-03-01T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaydub.cms-devl.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2012\/01\/01\/knowledge-of-positive-hcv-status-does-not-decrease-risky-behaviors-in-people-who-inject-drugs\/"},"modified":"2017-01-31T11:45:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T16:45:36","slug":"knowledge-of-positive-hcv-status-does-not-decrease-risky-behaviors-in-people-who-inject-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/aodhealth\/2012\/03\/01\/knowledge-of-positive-hcv-status-does-not-decrease-risky-behaviors-in-people-who-inject-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge of Positive HCV Status Does Not Decrease Risky Behaviors in People Who Inject Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"research-summary-body\">\n                    <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"contents\" --><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">In this  secondary analysis of data from a trial comparing strategies to increase HIV  testing, researchers investigated the association between self-reported awareness  of HCV infection status and injection-drug risk behaviors. Subjects included  1281 people enrolled in substance abuse treatment who reported either unknown  or negative HIV status at baseline. The 244 subjects who also reported  injection drug use in the past 6 months were included in this analysis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">Ninety-two  subjects (38%) reported being HCV positive, 55 (23%) reported being HCV  negative, and 97 (40%) reported their HCV status was unknown. <\/span>                    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">Compared  with those whose HCV status was negative or unknown, subjects who reported  being HCV positive were older, more likely to be women, more likely to be  enrolled in opioid agonist treatment, and less likely to have been recently  incarcerated.<\/span>                    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">More  than one-third of subjects (39%) reported recent syringe\/needle sharing. <\/span>                    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">In  adjusted analyses, HCV-positive subjects were more likely to have shared  syringes\/needles than subjects whose HCV status was negative or unknown  (adjusted odds ratio, 2.37).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes-1\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"research-summary-comments\">Comments:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"comments\" --><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">It is concerning that people who used injection  drugs who knew they were HCV positive were more likely to engage in risky  behaviors. It is likely that subjects who get tested and are infected with HCV  engaged in more risky behaviors at baseline, and while they may well have  reduced their risky behaviors after learning of their infection, they  nevertheless have higher rates than those who are not infected or who do not  know if they are infected. These results suggest that increased testing alone  will not be sufficient to prevent new HCV infections.<\/span><!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n                    <cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"name\" -->Darius A. Rastegar, MD<!-- InstanceEndEditable --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/cite><\/p>\n<div class=\"research-summary-footnotes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"footnotes\" --><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2>Reference:<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name=\"reference\" --><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \">Korthuis PT, Feaster DJ, Gomez ZL, et al. <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial; font-size:10.0pt; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22209655\">Injection  behaviors among injection drug users in treatment: the role of hepatitis C  awareness.<\/a> <em>Addict Behav.<\/em> 2012;37(4):552\u2013555.<\/span><!-- InstanceEndEditable -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this secondary analysis of data from a trial comparing strategies to increase HIV testing, researchers investigated the association between self-reported awareness of HCV infection status and injection-drug risk behaviors. Subjects included 1281 people enrolled in substance abuse treatment who reported either unknown or negative HIV status at baseline. 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