Document 0030
 DOCN  M9480030
 TI    [HIV-positive drug addicts treated at the Copenhagen City Drug
       Dependency Clinic 1986-1992]
 DT    9410
 AU    Hjorther AB; Andersen LB; Hetmar O; Jepsen PW; Psykiatrisk afdeling,
       Kommunehospitalet, Kobenhavn.
 SO    Ugeskr Laeger. 1994 May 16;156(20):3028-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94295096
 AB    The Copenhagen City Drug Dependency Clinic at the former Rudolph Bergh's
       Hospital was established in 1986 as part of the measures taken by the
       municipality of Copenhagen to control the spread of HIV/AIDS among the
       intravenous drug addicts in the City of Copenhagen. The aim was to
       attract those HIV-positive drug addicts who were in no formal treatment
       for their drug addiction at other treatment centres and to retain them
       in treatment for a longer period acknowledging the fact that no causal
       cure exists for either the drug addiction or for AIDS. The goal of the
       treatment was to reduce HIV-risk behaviour i.e. sharing needles and
       syringes and unprotected sex with multiple partners and to reduce the
       adverse medical and social consequences of continued drug abuse. The
       treatment was supported by methadone treatment. During the five year
       period of 1986-92 a total of 196 HIV-positive drug addicts were referred
       to the clinic. A little more than half of those referred for the first
       through the third time and five out of six referred for the fourth time
       were admitted to treatment at the clinic. Half of the 126 first-time
       treated patients were retained in treatment for up to one year, while
       the rest were retained in treatment from one to five years. The mean
       time spent in treatment at the clinic was shorter for the relatively few
       patients who were admitted for the second time than for those admitted
       for the first time. At the end of the study 39 patients (20%) had died,
       most of them for non-AIDS related reasons.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250
       WORDS)
 DE    Adult  Denmark/EPIDEMIOLOGY  English Abstract  Female  Human  *HIV
       Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS/TRANSMISSION  Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Length of Stay  Male  Middle Age  Needle Sharing  Patient
       Education  Retrospective Studies  Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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