Substance Use and Misuse
Volume 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1353-1365

Injection drug use, multiple hepatitis virus infections, and migration: A German study (Article)

Reimer J.* , Lorenzen J. , Baetz B. , Fischer B. , Rehm J. , Backmund M. , Haasen C.
  • a Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University of Hamburg, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany
  • b Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • c Psychiatric Hospital Guetersloh, Guetersloh, Germany
  • d Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
  • e Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
  • f Department of Addiction Medicine, General Hospital Munich Schwabing, Munich, Germany
  • g Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Abstract

This article examines infection with viral hepatitis A, B, and C and socioethnic factors in a population of injection drug users seeking treatment. The study was conducted between 2001 and 2003 in a rural German hospital; selected sociodemographic and drug-related data as well as a serology for hepatitis A, B, and C were obtained from 1499 patients. Statistical analyses were performed by univariate analysis of variance and post hoc Scheffé tests or with the χ2 test and Bonferroni adjustment. Ethnic minority patients manifested a more severe course of addiction and showed a higher frequency of infection with hepatitis A, B, and C. Low-threshold culture-sensitive drug user treatment programs should be implemented and evaluated. The study's limitations are noted. Copyright © 2007 Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.

Author Keywords

Injection drug use Social marginalization Drug user treatment Viral hepatitis Ethnicity Acculturation

Index Keywords

statistical analysis rural area Germany Hepatitis, Chronic demography human hepatitis A Ethnic Groups ethnic group controlled study priority journal drug dependence Humans post hoc analysis male Acculturation Socioeconomic Factors pilot study univariate analysis female Article Substance Abuse, Intravenous adult migration drug abuse Emigration and Immigration Analysis of Variance hepatitis B Hospitals, Psychiatric hepatitis C
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-34548851194&doi=10.1080%2f10826080701205760&partnerID=40&md5=944d24e041a5341b308158ba7c9861d7
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701205760
ISSN: 10826084
Cited by: 6
Original Language: English