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LaRowe LR, Cleveland JD, Long DM, Nahvi S, Cachay ER, Christopoulos KA, Crane HM, Cropsey K, Napravnik S, O'Cleirigh C, Merlin JS, Ditre JW. Prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among people living with HIV. AIDS Care 2021; 33:1534-1542. [PMID: 33594924 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2021.1883511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rates of chronic pain and cigarette smoking are each substantially higher among people living with HIV (PLWH) than in the general population. The goal of these analyses was to examine the prevalence and impact of comorbid chronic pain and cigarette smoking among PLWH. Participants included 3289 PLWH (83% male) who were recruited from five HIV clinics. As expected, the prevalence of smoking was higher among PLWH with chronic pain (41.9%), than PLWH without chronic pain (26.6%, p < .0001), and the prevalence of chronic pain was higher among current smokers (32.9%), than among former (23.6%) or never (17%) smokers (ps < .0001). PLWH who endorsed comorbid chronic pain and smoking (vs. nonsmokers without chronic pain) were more likely to report cocaine/crack and cannabis use, be prescribed long-term opioid therapy, and have virologic failure, even after controlling for relevant sociodemographic and substance-related variables (ps < .05). These results contribute to a growing empirical literature indicating that chronic pain and cigarette smoking frequently co-occur, and extend this work to a large sample of PLWH. Indeed, PLWH may benefit from interventions that are tailored to address bidirectional pain-smoking effects in the context of HIV.
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- Lisa R LaRowe
- Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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- Department of Medicine at School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Center for Research on Healthcare, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA
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Zyambo CM, Hendricks PS, Cropsey KL, Willig JH, Wilson CM, Gakumo CA, Ashutosh T, Westfall AO, Burkholder GA. Racial disparities and factors associated with prescription for smoking cessation medications among smokers receiving routine clinical care for HIV. AIDS Care 2020; 32:1207-1216. [PMID: 32530307 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1776821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Factors associated with prescription of smoking cessation medication (SCM), including the impact of race, have not been well described among a large population of people living with HIV (PLWH) engaged in routine clinical care. Our study investigated whether there are racial differences between African-American and White PLWH regarding SCM prescription and sought to identify other factors associated with these prescriptions at a large HIV clinic in the Southeastern United States. Among 1899 smokers, 38.8% of those prescribed SCMs were African-American and 61.2% were White. Factors associated with lower odds of SCM prescription included African-American race (AOR, 0.63 [95% CI: 0.47, 0.84]) or transferring care from another HIV provider during the study period (AOR, 0.63 [95% CI: 0.43, 0.91]). Whereas major depression (AOR, 1.54 [95% CI: 1.10, 2.15]), anxiety symptoms (AOR, 1.43 [95% CI: 1.05, 1.94]), and heavy smoking (>20 cigarettes/day) (OR, 3.50 [95% CI: 2.11, 5.98]) were associated with increased likelihood of SCM prescription. There were racial disparities in the prescription of SCM in African Americans with HIV. These findings underscore the need to increase pharmacotherapy use among African Americans to improve smoking cessation outcomes across racial groups among PLWH.
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- Cosmas M Zyambo
- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Community and Family Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Zyambo CM, Burkholder GA, Cropsey KL, Willig JH, Wilson CM, Gakumo CA, Westfall AO, Hendricks PS. Mental health disorders and alcohol use are associated with increased likelihood of smoking relapse among people living with HIV attending routine clinical care. BMC Public Health 2019; 19:1409. [PMID: 31664967 PMCID: PMC6819600 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7705-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND People living with HIV (PLWH) have a high level of interest in quitting smoking, but only a small proportion have sustainable abstinence 6 months after cessation. Few investigations have focused on relapse to smoking among PLWH. In this investigation, we evaluated the prevalence of relapse after smoking cessation and the characteristics associated with smoking relapse using a retrospective, longitudinal cohort of PLWH during an eight-year observation. METHODS All patients aged ≥19 years that reported current smoking during the study period and then reported not smoking on a subsequent tobacco use questionnaire (quitters) were eligible for the study. In addition, patients required at least one subsequent follow-up visit after quitting where smoking status was again reported to allow for assessment of relapse. A Cox proportional hazard model was fit to evaluate factors associated with smoking relapse in PLWH attending routine clinical care. RESULTS Of the 473 patients who quit smoking in the study, 51% relapsed. In multivariable analysis, factors significantly associated with a higher likelihood of relapse were anxiety symptoms (HR = 1.55, 95% CI [1.11, 2.17]) and at-risk alcohol use (HR = 1.74, 95% CI [1.06, 2.85]), whereas antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence (HR = 0.65, 95% CI [0.49, 0.99]) and longer time in care (HR = 0.94, 95% CI [0.91, 0.98]) were associated with a reduced likelihood of relapse after cessation. CONCLUSION Our study underscores the high prevalence of smoking relapse that exists among PLWH after they quit smoking. Successful engagement in mental health care may enhance efforts to reduce relapse in the underserved populations of PLWH.
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- Cosmas M Zyambo
- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
- Department; Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
- Department of Community and Family medicine, School of Public Health, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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Lindayani L, Yeh CY, Ko WC, Ko NY. High smoking prevalence among HIV-positive individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JOURNAL OF SUBSTANCE USE 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/14659891.2019.1652364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Linlin Lindayani
- Department of Nursing, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Keperawatan PPNI Jawa Barat, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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Merlin JS, Long D, Becker WC, Cachay ER, Christopolous KA, Claborn KR, Crane HM, Edelman EJ, Lovejoy TI, Mathews WC, Morasco BJ, Napravnik S, OʼCleirigh C, Saag MS, Starrels JL, Gross R, Liebschutz JM. Marijuana Use Is Not Associated With Changes in Opioid Prescriptions or Pain Severity Among People Living With HIV and Chronic Pain. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2019; 81:231-237. [PMID: 30865181 PMCID: PMC6522289 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND People living with HIV (PLWH) commonly report marijuana use for chronic pain, although there is limited empirical evidence to support its use. There is hope that marijuana may reduce prescription opioid use. Our objective was to investigate whether marijuana use among PLWH who have chronic pain is associated with changes in pain severity and prescribed opioid use (prescribed opioid initiation and discontinuation). METHODS Participants completed self-report measures of chronic pain and marijuana use at an index visit and were followed up for 1 year in the Center for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Clinical Systems (CNICS). Self-reported marijuana use was the exposure variable. Outcome variables were changes in pain and initiation or discontinuation of opioids during the study period. The relationship between exposure and outcomes was assessed using generalized linear models for pain and multivariable binary logistic regression models for opioid initiation/discontinuation. RESULTS Of 433 PLWH and chronic pain, 28% reported marijuana use in the past 3 months. Median pain severity at the index visit was 6.3/10 (interquartile range 4.7-8.0). Neither increases nor decreases in marijuana use were associated with changes in pain severity, and marijuana use was not associated with either lower odds of opioid initiation or higher odds of opioid discontinuation. CONCLUSIONS We did not find evidence that marijuana use in PLWH is associated with improved pain outcomes or reduced opioid prescribing. This suggests that caution is warranted when counseling PLWH about potential benefits of recreational or medical marijuana.
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- Jessica S Merlin
- Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Center for Research on Healthcare, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- VA Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX
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- Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
- Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Owen Clinic, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
- Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, OR
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, The Fenway Institute, Boston, MA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, and Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
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- Divisions of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Center for Research on Healthcare, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
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Zyambo CM, Burkholder GA, Cropsey KL, Willig JH, Wilson CM, Gakumo CA, Westfall AO, Hendricks PS. Predictors of smoking cessation among people living with HIV receiving routine clinical care. AIDS Care 2019; 31:1353-1361. [PMID: 31117821 DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1619659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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People living with HIV (PLWH) have a higher prevalence of smoking and are less likely to quit smoking than the general population. Few studies involving a large sample of PLWH receiving routine care have evaluated factors associated with smoking cessation. This retrospective longitudinal cohort study evaluated factors associated with smoking cessation among PLWH from 2007 to 2018. Of 1,714 PLWH smokers included in the study, 27.6% reported quitting smoking. Suppressed plasma HIV-1 RNA (<200 copies/ml) was significantly associated with an increased likelihood of smoking cessation (HRadjusted = 1.27, 95% CI [1.03, 1.58]); whereas age/10 year increments (HRadjusted = 0.12, 95% CI [0.04, 0.38]), greater length of care at the HIV clinic (HRadjusted = 0.97, 95% CI [0.94, 0.99]), lack of insurance (HRadjusted = 0.77, 95% CI [0.61, 0.99]) or having public insurance (HRadjusted = 0.74, 95% CI [0.55, 0.97)]), current substance use (HRadjusted = 0.66, 95% CI [0.43, 0.97]) and risk of developing alcohol use disorder (HRadjusted = 0.60, 95% CI [0.43, 0.84]) were associated with a reduced likelihood of quitting smoking. These findings underscore the importance of early smoking cessation intervention among PLWH. In addition, targeted smoking cessation intervention strategies are needed for groups at risk for being less likely to quit, including older patients, and those with alcohol and substance use disorders.
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- Cosmas M Zyambo
- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA.,Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA.,Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, School of Public Health, Yale University , New Haven , CT , USA.,Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Zambia , Lusaka , Zambia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts , Boston , MA , USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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- Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama , Birmingham , AL , USA
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Miles DRB, Bilal U, Hutton H, Lau B, Lesko C, Fojo A, McCaul ME, Keruly J, Moore R, Chander G. Tobacco Smoking, Substance Use, and Mental Health Symptoms in People with HIV in an Urban HIV Clinic. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2019; 30:1083-1102. [PMID: 31422990 PMCID: PMC7304241 DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2019.0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The prevalence of tobacco smoking among people with HIV (PWH) ranges from 40% to 70%. Additionally, tobacco smoking is higher among low-income individuals, yet few studies have examined tobacco smoking in low socioeconomic status PWH. Using data from a cohort of PWH receiving care in an urban HIV clinic, we characterized factors associated with current and former smoking and with initiation/re-initiation and cessation of tobacco use. Among a study sample of 1,607 PWH, the prevalence of current smoking was 46.6% among men and 46.0% among women. Current smoking in men and women was associated with Medicaid insurance status, substance use, and panic symptoms. In women, but not men, hazardous alcohol use decreased the likelihood of quitting smoking and increased the risk of initiation/re-initiation. Smoking interventions for low-income, urban PWH may need to be tailored to address mental health and substance use comorbidities.
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- D. R. Bailey Miles
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Baltimore, MD
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- Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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Weinberger AH, Smith PH, Funk AP, Rabin S, Shuter J. Sex Differences in Tobacco Use Among Persons Living With HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2017; 74:439-453. [PMID: 28002182 PMCID: PMC5321840 DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000001279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) smoke at higher rates than other adults and experience HIV-related and non-HIV-related adverse smoking consequences. This study conducted a systematic review to synthesize current knowledge about sex differences in smoking behaviors among PLWH. METHODS Over 3000 abstracts from MEDLINE were reviewed and 79 publications met all the review inclusion criteria (ie, reported data on smoking behaviors for PLWH by sex). Sufficient data were available to conduct a meta-analysis for one smoking variable: current smoking prevalence. RESULTS Across studies (n = 51), the meta-analytic prevalence of current smoking among female PLWH was 36.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 28.0% to 45.4%) and male PLWH was 50.3% (95% CI: 44.4% to 56.2%; meta-analytic odds ratio = 1.78, 95% CI: 1.29 to 2.45). When analyses were repeated just on the US studies (n = 23), the prevalence of current smoking was not significantly different for female PLWH (55.1%, 95% CI: 47.6% to 62.5%) compared with male PLWH (55.5%, 95% CI: 48.2% to 62.5%; meta-analytic odds ratio = 1.04, 95% CI: 0.86 to 1.26). Few studies reported data by sex for other smoking variables (eg, quit attempts, noncigarette tobacco product use) and results for many variables were mixed. DISCUSSION Unlike the general US population, there was no difference in smoking prevalence for female versus male PLWH (both >50%) indicating that HIV infection status was associated with a greater relative increase in smoking for women than men. More research is needed in all areas of smoking behavior of PLWH to understand similarities and differences by sex to provide the best interventions to reduce the high smoking prevalence for all sexes.
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- Andrea H Weinberger
- *Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY; †Department of Epidemiology & Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; ‡Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, CUNY School of Medicine, New York, NY; §Department of Psychology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY; ‖Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, New York, NY; and ¶AIDS Center and Division of Infectious Diseases, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
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Bekele T, Rueda S, Gardner S, Raboud J, Smieja M, Kennedy R, Fletcher D, Burchell AN, Bacon J, Rourke SB. Trends and Correlates of Cigarette Smoking and Its Impacts on Health-Related Quality of Life Among People Living with HIV: Findings from the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study, 2008-2014. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2017; 31:49-59. [PMID: 28170303 DOI: 10.1089/apc.2016.0174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We sought to examine the trends of cigarette smoking, identify correlates of smoking, and examine the impacts of smoking on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada. Study sample included 4473 individuals receiving care and enrolled in the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Cohort Study. Self-report data on cigarette smoking, HRQOL, and demographic and sociobehavioral variables were collected between 2008 and 2014 through annual face-to-face interviews. Clinical data were abstracted from participants' medical records and enhanced through linkage with a provincial public health laboratory database. Analyses included descriptive statistics, generalized logit regression, and linear mixed-effects modeling. At first interview, 1760 participants (39.3%) were current cigarette smokers. Smoking prevalence declined annually by 1.6% between 2008 and 2014, but remained much higher than the prevalence in the general population. Current cigarette smokers were more likely to be younger, male, white or indigenous, Canadian-born, single, unemployed with lower education, heavy drinkers, nonmedicinal drug users, and to have current depression than former cigarette smokers or those who never smoked. Current cigarette smokers also had significantly (p < 0.001) worse SF-12 physical component summary (β = -2.07) and SF-12 mental component summary (β = -1.08) scores than those who never smoked after adjusting for demographic, socioeconomic, and HIV-related clinical variables. To reduce the burden of cigarette smoking, cessation interventions that take into account the complex social, economic, and medical needs of people living with HIV are needed urgently.
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- Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Baycrest Health Sciences, Toronto, Canada
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton, Canada
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- Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- The Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Canada
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- The Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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