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Medical Conditions of Hazardous Drinkers and Drug Users in Primary Care Clinics in Cape Town, South Africa
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Research has identified a wide range of health conditions related to alcohol and drug use in studies conducted primarily in developed countries and in populations with severe alcohol and drug problems. Little is known about medical conditions in those with less severe alcohol and drug use in developing countries. We used WHO AUDIT and ASSIST screeners to identify hazardous drinking or drug use in public health clinics in Cape Town, South Africa, and included questions about doctor-diagnosed medical conditions. Using logistic regression we examined the relationship of medical conditions to hazardous alcohol, drug and tobacco use. Those with hazardous substance use had higher prevalence of many health conditions including tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, migraine, chronic bronchitis, and liver cirrhosis. Optimal treatment for some medical conditions may include treatment of underlying hazardous substance use, particularly use of drugs other than alcohol. In these populations, access to substance use treatment is limited and even brief interventions or advice may be useful.
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Those with at-risk drinking or drug use also had high comorbidity, including TB, Hepatitis A and B, and depression and anxiety.
“Those with at-risk drinking or drug use also had high comorbidity, including TB, Hepatitis A and B, and depression and anxiety (Mertens et al., 2009).”
From Effectiveness of Nurse-Practitioner-Delivered Brief Motivational Intervention for Young Adult Alcohol and Drug Use in Primary Care in South Africa: A Randomized Clinical Trial (2014) · cites this paper as Mertens et al., 2009
The 'Health conditions in Hazardous Drug Users' section reports higher odds of TB, hepatitis A and B, and depression or anxiety among hazardous drug users. The Discussion says hazardous drinking was associated with TB but not with depression or anxiety; it does not support attributing the full list of conditions to hazardous drinkers. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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- Authors
- Mertens, J. R., Flisher, A. J., Ward, C. L., Bresick, G. F., Sterling, S. A., & Weisner, C. M.
- Affiliations
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Venue
- Journal of Drug Issues
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2009-10
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 989-1014
- ISSN
- 0022-0426 (ISSN-L)
- 1945-1369
- PMC
- PMC3011276
- OpenAlex
- W1963793582
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of Drug Issues (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- South African Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R37DA010572)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Keywords
- hazardous drinking, drug use, tobacco use, health conditions, comorbidities, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, migraine, chronic bronchitis, liver cirrhosis, primary care, addiction treatment, brief intervention, developing countries, Cape Town
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