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Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea
BACKGROUND: Data on illicit drug use by Korean people infected with HIV are lacking. Here, we examined the prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use among people infected with HIV in Korea. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we included all patients infected with HIV who visited...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8016334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33793637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249361 |
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author | Lee, Soon Ok Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Shinwon Lee, Sun Hee Kang, Jin Suk |
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description | BACKGROUND: Data on illicit drug use by Korean people infected with HIV are lacking. Here, we examined the prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use among people infected with HIV in Korea. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we included all patients infected with HIV who visited a tertiary care hospital in Korea from January 1990 to May 2020. Sociodemographic data of patients, including drug use, were collected at the first visit and during follow-up. RESULTS: Among 1,267 patients, 5.13% reported the use of an illicit drug in their lifetime, and 2.61% were users of injection drugs. The most commonly used drugs were cannabis/marijuana and methamphetamine, followed by nitrite inhalants, cocaine, dextromethorphan, carisoprodol, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. The illicit drug users tended to be younger than non-users, homosexuals/bisexuals, and infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV); they had a higher CD4(+) cell count than non-users. Among 65 users of illicit drugs, only 24.6% revealed their drug use at the first visit interview, and 24.6% reported using two or more drugs in their lifetime. Individuals who used injection drugs were more likely to be arrested for drug-related charges than the users of non-injection drugs. Moreover, they tended to be heavy users of illicit drugs, to report using two or more drugs in their lifetime, and to be HCV seropositive. In contrast, the users of non-injection drugs were more likely to be experimental users and to start using drugs overseas for the first time, but less likely to report their drug use at the first interview. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of illicit drug use in people with HIV infection in Korea may have been underestimated. Further research based on more accurate measurements are warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-80163342021-04-08 Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea Lee, Soon Ok Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Shinwon Lee, Sun Hee Kang, Jin Suk PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Data on illicit drug use by Korean people infected with HIV are lacking. Here, we examined the prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use among people infected with HIV in Korea. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we included all patients infected with HIV who visited a tertiary care hospital in Korea from January 1990 to May 2020. Sociodemographic data of patients, including drug use, were collected at the first visit and during follow-up. RESULTS: Among 1,267 patients, 5.13% reported the use of an illicit drug in their lifetime, and 2.61% were users of injection drugs. The most commonly used drugs were cannabis/marijuana and methamphetamine, followed by nitrite inhalants, cocaine, dextromethorphan, carisoprodol, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine. The illicit drug users tended to be younger than non-users, homosexuals/bisexuals, and infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV); they had a higher CD4(+) cell count than non-users. Among 65 users of illicit drugs, only 24.6% revealed their drug use at the first visit interview, and 24.6% reported using two or more drugs in their lifetime. Individuals who used injection drugs were more likely to be arrested for drug-related charges than the users of non-injection drugs. Moreover, they tended to be heavy users of illicit drugs, to report using two or more drugs in their lifetime, and to be HCV seropositive. In contrast, the users of non-injection drugs were more likely to be experimental users and to start using drugs overseas for the first time, but less likely to report their drug use at the first interview. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of illicit drug use in people with HIV infection in Korea may have been underestimated. Further research based on more accurate measurements are warranted. Public Library of Science 2021-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8016334/ /pubmed/33793637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249361 Text en © 2021 Lee et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lee, Soon Ok Lee, Jeong Eun Lee, Shinwon Lee, Sun Hee Kang, Jin Suk Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title | Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title_full | Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title_fullStr | Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title_short | Prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Korea |
title_sort | prevalence and patterns of illicit drug use in people with human immunodeficiency virus infection in korea |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8016334/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33793637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249361 |
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