Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC), Russia, 2012-2014 (ICPSR 39788)
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Jeffrey H. Samet, Boston Medical Center
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https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39788.v1
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This study is part of the Seek, Test, Treat and Retain (STTR) Collaboration Project that involved over twenty studies in the fields of HIV and drug abuse. All studies were independently developed, but were chosen for the collaboration because they focused on one or more steps of the HIV treatment cascade: Seek, Test, Treat and Retain. As part of STTR Collaboration Project, the studies were grouped into Criminal Justice-related studies and Vulnerable Population-related studies. The data collected by these studies included twelve common domains (e.g., Demographic characteristics, Mental Health) in each of which a shared questionnaire or instrument was taken up by the studies and adapted to fit the study.
Linking Infectious and Narcology Care (LINC) involved coordination between the narcology and HIV systems of care utilizing HIV strengths-based case management delivered via five one-on-one sessions by a peer case manager (i.e., HIV-infected men and women in recovery from addiction) to help motivate and reduce barriers to HIV care. The initial session was designed to be delivered in the narcology hospital and included provision of CD4 test results by the case manager (CM) in a timely fashion, to increase engagement in HIV medical care. Subsequent sessions were conducted upon discharge from the narcology hospital over a 6-month period in community (e.g., parks, coffee shops) or clinic locations, agreed upon by the case manager and participant.
The LINC intervention was developed via adaptation of the Antiretroviral Treatment Access Study (ARTAS) intervention for use in the Russian setting and specifically with people who inject drugs (PWID).
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The purpose of this study is to implement and assess a behavioral and structural intervention in Russia designed to support and motivate HIV-infected people who inject drugs (PWID) to engage (i.e., initiate and retain) in HIV medical care and ultimately improve their HIV outcomes.
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The study used a randomized control trial design.
Participants were recruited from inpatient wards at the City Addiction Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia. HIV-infected patients were screened one to five days after admission to the narcology hospital and after treatment for most severe initial withdrawal symptoms.
Randomization was stratified on two factors: one, whether an outpatient appointment with an infectious disease physician occurred in the 12 months prior to enrollment, and two, whether the participant reported ever having been hospitalized for his or her HIV infection. Blocked randomization using random block sizes was used within each stratum.
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Participants were recruited from inpatient wards at the City Addiction Hospital in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Eligibility criteria were as follows:
- Age 18-70 years.
- HIV-infected.
- Hospitalized at a narcology hospital.
- History of injection drug use.
- Available for CD4 testing.
- Has 2 contacts to assist with follow up.
- Has a telephone.
- Lives within 100 kilometers (km) of St. Petersburg.
Exclusion criteria were as follows:
- Currently on antiretroviral therapy (ART).
- Not fluent in Russian.
- Cognitive impairment precluding informed consent.
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HIV-infected patients with opioid use disorders.
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Target N = 350.
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- Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)
- Strait Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) - Short Form
- Barratt Impulsivity Scale
- RAND 36 Health Survey
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