Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Patients: The Role of Substance Use

Korthuis, P. Todd; Zephyrin, Laurie; Fleishman, John A.; Saha, Somnath; Josephs, Joshua; McGrath, Moriah McSharry; Hellinger, James; Gebo, Kelly A.

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“…The literature presents contradictory results 31,36,39,40 most likely due to the different classifications of the types of substances and different assessment instruments 41,42 , thereby limiting comparisons between results. People who are addicted to any type of drug, legal or illegal, live with many health risks such as imprisonment, and this may interfere with health care 32 .…”

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An evaluation of quality of life and its determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS from Southern Brazil

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Souza

2015

Cad. Saúde Pública

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An evaluation of quality of life and its determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS from Southern Brazil

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“…According to the literature, the life of psychoactive substance users (licit or illicit drugs) is greatly compromised by issues such as psychological, physical, and social complications 27 . Thus, voice changes may be masked by other problems or these users may be less aware of the impact on their quality of life and of voice.…”

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Uso de substâncias psicoativas, alterações vocais e qualidade de vida em usuários de drogas lícitas e ilícitas

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OBJETIVOS:investigar a qualidade de vida e voz, além das principais alterações perceptivo-auditivas e as medidas acústicas jitter, shimmer e Glottal Noise Excitation em usuários de substâncias psicoativas lícitas e/ou ilícitas que buscaram um centro de tratamento para dependência química.MÉTODOS:estudo transversal. Os participantes responderam aos questionários de Mensuração de Qualidade de Vida em Voze World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument-Bref. Além disso foi realizado, um registro vocal da vogal /a/ e de uma contagem de números de 1 a 20. Os registros vocais foram avaliados por meio da escala GRBAS-I (G - grau global da disfonia, R - rugosidade, B - soprosidade, A - astenia, S - tensão) e a análise acústica (jitter, shimmer, Glottal noise excitation) pelo software VoxMetria.RESULTADOS:avaliaram-se 29 protocolos e registros de voz; na amostra, 19 (65,5%) eram homens; a idade média da amostra foi de 37,8 anos. Os escores de ambos os questionários não apresentaram diferenças entre os usuários de drogas lícitas e os de drogas ilícitas. Na análise perceptiva por meio da GRBAS-I, eles mostraram predominância de alterações discretas e moderadas nos itens grau geral da disfonia, rugosidade e instabilidade para usuárias de drogas ilícitas. A medida acústica jitter e o shimmerestavam alterados para homens e mulheres, e o desvio padrão da frequência fundamental também estava alterado.CONCLUSÃO:alterações de qualidade de vida e voz foram identificadas em ambos os usuários. A maioria dos usuários apresentou alterações nas medidas de jittere shimmer.Usuários de drogas ilícitas apresentaram mais alterações de Glottal Noise Excitation e desvio padrão da frequência fundamental.

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“…Illicit drug use in HIV-infected patients can be linked to impairment of physical and mental health, low access to care, low health-related quality of life, suboptimal adherence to HIV treatment and poorer health outcomes than other HIV risk groups [5][6][7][8].…”

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Monitoring Drug Use Among HIV/AIDS Patients in Brazil: Should we Combine Self-Report and Urinalysis?

Malbergier

Amaral²,

Cardoso³

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Illicit drug use in HIV-infected patients can be linked to impairment of physical and mental health, low healthrelated quality of life, and suboptimal adherence to HIV treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation of selfreport illicit drug use, urinalysis for cocaine and cannabis metabolites, and severity of dependence among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in a treatment center in Brazil. Four hundred and thirty-eight outpatients of an HIV referral center were interviewed and assessed for drug use (lifetime, last year and last month). Urinalysis was performed to detect the presence of cocaine and cannabis metabolites in urine samples. Overall agreement between selfreport and urinalysis was almost 68% for cannabis and higher than 85% for cocaine. Positive urinalysis was significantly associated with more than once a week cannabis (p < .0001) and cocaine (p < .0001) use during the last-month. Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) properly predicted positive cocaine urinalysis results (area under the curve [AUC] = .81, p = .0001). Frequency of cannabis and cocaine use, SDS score degree and positive urinalysis for both drugs were correlated. Our findings suggest that positive self-report is a reliable predictor of positive urine sample both for cannabis and cocaine, but since the agreement was not perfect, there is a role for urine drug screening in the care of patients with HIV-related conditions.

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Health-Related Quality of Life in HIV-Infected Patients: The Role of Substance Use

Cited by 98 publications

References 48 publications

An evaluation of quality of life and its determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS from Southern Brazil

An evaluation of quality of life and its determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS from Southern Brazil

Uso de substâncias psicoativas, alterações vocais e qualidade de vida em usuários de drogas lícitas e ilícitas

Monitoring Drug Use Among HIV/AIDS Patients in Brazil: Should we Combine Self-Report and Urinalysis?

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