Hazardous and harmful alcohol use and associated factors in tuberculosis public primary care patients in South Africa

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dc.date.accessioned 2012-05-31 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-17T18:17:24Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-17T18:17:24Z
dc.date.issued 2015-08-25 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3385
dc.description.abstract The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of hazardous and harmful alcohol use and associated factors among patients with tuberculosis in South Africa. In a cross-sectional survey new tuberculosis (TB) and TB retreatment patients were consecutively screened using the Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) within one month of anti-tuberculosis treatment. The sample included 4,900 (54.5% men and women 45.5%) tuberculosis patients from 42 primary care clinics in three districts. Results indicate that, overall 23.2% of the patients were hazardous or harmful alcohol drinkers, 31.8% of men and 13.0% of women were found to be hazardous drinkers, and 9.3% of men and 3.4% of women meet criteria for probable alcohol dependence (harmful drinking) as defined by the AUDIT. Men had significantly higher AUDIT scores than women. In multivariable analyses it was found that among men poor perceived health status, tobacco use, psychological distress, being a TB retreatment patient and not being on antiretroviral therapy (ART), and among women lower education, tobacco use and being a TB retreatment patient were associated with hazardous or harmful alcohol use. The study found a high prevalence of hazardous or harmful alcohol use among tuberculosis primary en
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dc.subject ADOLESCENT BOYS en
dc.subject TUBERCULOSIS en
dc.subject PRIMARY HEALTH CARE en
dc.subject RISK BEHAVIOUR en
dc.subject DRINKING BEHAVIOUR en
dc.title Hazardous and harmful alcohol use and associated factors in tuberculosis public primary care patients in South Africa en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber PKAPAA en
dc.Volume 9 en
dc.BudgetYear 2012/13 en
dc.ResearchGroup Population Health, Health Systems and Innovation en
dc.ResearchGroup HIV/AIDS, STIs and TB en
dc.SourceTitle Int Environmental Research and Public Health en
dc.ArchiveNumber 7296 en
dc.PageNumber 3245-3527 en
dc.outputnumber 5944 en
dc.bibliographictitle Peltzer, K., Louw, J., Mchunu, G., Naidoo, P., Matseke, G. & Tutshana, B. (2012) Hazardous and harmful alcohol use and associated factors in tuberculosis public primary care patients in South Africa. Int Environmental Research and Public Health. 9:3245-3527. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3385 en
dc.publicationyear 2012 en
dc.contributor.author1 Peltzer, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Louw, J. en
dc.contributor.author3 Mchunu, G. en
dc.contributor.author4 Naidoo, P. en
dc.contributor.author5 Matseke, G. en
dc.contributor.author6 Tutshana, B. en


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