Document 0464
 DOCN  M9440464
 TI    Risk dimensions of HIV-tested substance users.
 DT    9404
 AU    Ottomanelli G; State University of New York, Health Science Center,
       Brooklyn; 11203.
 SO    Int J Addict. 1993 Dec;28(14):1487-95. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94140472
 AB    Methadone outpatients (n = 177) and outpatients enrolled in a
       nonchemotherapy (n = 65) counseling unit requested HIV testing. A HIV
       risk-related questionnaire elicited information on needle-sharing, drug
       injecting, sexual behaviors, and other risk activities. Although age and
       geographical seroprevalence were not significantly related to a positive
       HIV test result, a significant relationship was found between the
       patient's self-report of AIDS deaths among personal acquaintances and
       serostatus. Dimensions of risk concerns were found to be significantly
       related to gender in the methadone sample but not in the nonchemotherapy
       sample. Serostatus in the nonchemotherapy sample was significantly
       related to drug injecting and the sum of a 12-item risk index
       constructed to predict HIV infection.
 DE    Adult  Female  Human  HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PREVENTION &
       CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION  HIV Seroprevalence/*TRENDS  Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Methadone/THERAPEUTIC USE  Narcotic
       Dependence/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Needle
       Sharing/ADVERSE EFFECTS/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  New York
       City/EPIDEMIOLOGY  Risk Factors  Sex Behavior  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/  REHABILITATION  Urban
       Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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