Brief Report: Longitudinal Opioid Use Among HIV-Infected Patients, 2000 to 2014. (1st May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brunet, Laurence; Napravnik, Sonia; Heine, Amy D.; Leone, Peter A.; Eron, Joseph J.
• Is Part Of: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes. Volume 75:Number 1(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-05-01
• Subjects: HIV -- opioids -- group-based trajectory analysis -- cohort; AIDS (Disease) -- Periodicals; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Periodicals; AIDS (Disease); Periodicals; 616.9792005
• DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001321
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1525-4135

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Longitudinal opioid prescription use is unknown among HIV-infected patients. Group-based trajectory modeling followed by multinomial logistic regression was used to identify distinct trajectories and their association with baseline characteristics among 1239 HIV-infected UNC CFAR HIV Clinical Cohort participants, 2000–2014. Three trajectories were identified: (1) 72% never/sporadic opioid use (referent group), (2) 11% episodic use (associated with female sex, depression, drug-related diagnoses, antiretroviral therapy use, and undetectable HIV RNA), and (3) 16% chronic use (associated with older age, female sex, and mental health diagnoses). Overall, opioid prescription decreased substantially with longer time in HIV care among both episodic and chronic users.