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Patient And Provider Comfort Discussing Substance Use, Moira Ray, Mary Catherine Beach, Christina Nicolaidis, Dongseok Choi, Somnath Saha, P. Todd Korthuis
Patient And Provider Comfort Discussing Substance Use, Moira Ray, Mary Catherine Beach, Christina Nicolaidis, Dongseok Choi, Somnath Saha, P. Todd Korthuis
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Substance use is a prevalent issue in primary care with wide-reaching implications, particularly for the care of HIV-infected patients. This analysis identified patient and provider characteristics associated with high comfort discussing substance use in HIV primary care clinics using multivariable logistic regression.
METHODS: A total of 413 patients and 44 providers completed surveys on their comfort discussing substance use. Additional independent variables from surveys included demographics, drug and alcohol use, self-efficacy, and activation for patients. Providerlevel data included demographics, training, practice descriptors, and stress levels.
RESULTS: The majority of patients (76%) and providers (73%) reported high comfort. …