title: Psychiatric Distress, Drug Use, and HIV Viral Load Suppression in Russia.
abstract: To explore the influence of psychiatric distress and substance use on viral load suppression in HIV-infected patients taking ART we analyzed socio-demographic characteristics, CD4+ cells count and viral loads, the Symptom Check List-90 and the Addiction Severity Index of 75 patients who had taken ART for at least 6 month. Using viral load data as the marker of ART success, we divided the sample into two groups. Comparison of the groups showed that education, marriage, and female gender are predictors of optimal viral load suppression. Overall results failed to demonstrate substance use and psychiatric distress as predictors of viral load suppression.
authors.affiliation: Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, 3 Bekhterev Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 192019. andrey.ustinov29@gmail.com.|St. Petersburg Center for Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases, 179 Nabereznaya Obvodnogo Kanala Letter A, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190103. andrey.ustinov29@gmail.com.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ustinov
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS), 39 14 Line, St. Petersburg, Russia, 199178.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suvorova
authors.affiliation: St. Petersburg Center for Control of AIDS and Infectious Diseases, 179 Nabereznaya Obvodnogo Kanala Letter A, St. Petersburg, Russia, 190103.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belyakov
authors.affiliation: NGO Stellit, St. Petersburg State University, 13-1 Aerodromnaya Street, Apt. 39, St. Petersburg, Russia, 197348.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makhamatova
authors.affiliation: NGO Stellit, 3 Mira Street, Suite 507-5, St. Petersburg, Russia, 197101.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Levina
authors.affiliation: Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, 3 Bekhterev Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 192019.|First Pavlov State Medical University, 6-8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 197022.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krupitsky
authors.affiliation: First Pavlov State Medical University, 6-8 Lva Tolstogo Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, 197022.|Northwest District Center for Control of AIDS, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lioznov
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT, 06520-8034, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niccolai
authors.affiliation: Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, 60 College Street, PO Box 208034, New Haven, CT, 06520-8034, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heimer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence; D008875:Middle Aged; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019562:Viral Load / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents
keywords: ART adherence; HIV viral load; Psychiatric distress symptoms; Substance use
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