Concurrence of drug users' self-report of current HIV status and serotest results

Shiela M. Strauss; David M. Rindskopf; Sherry Deren; Gregory P. Falkin

doi:10.1097/00126334-200107010-00014

Concurrence of drug users' self-report of current HIV status and serotest results

Shiela M. Strauss, David M. Rindskopf, Sherry Deren, Gregory P. Falkin

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This study examines the concurrence of drug users' self-reports of current HIV status with serotest results. The analyses are based on data obtained from face-to-face interviews with 7,256 out-of-treatment injection drug and/or crack users in 10 sites that participated in the Cooperative Agreement for AIDS Community-Based Outreach/Intervention Research Program (funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse). Although the degree of concurrence between HIV-negative individuals' self-reports of their current HIV status and their serotest results was high (specificity, 99%), this was not the situation for individuals who tested positive for HIV (sensitivity, 44%).

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	301-307
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00126334-200107010-00014
State	Published - Jul 1 2001

Keywords

Drug users
HIV infection
HIV serostatus
Self-disclosure
Self-report
Validity

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Infectious Diseases
Pharmacology (medical)

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