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Document 0030
DOCN M9480030
TI [HIV-positive drug addicts treated at the Copenhagen City Drug
Dependency Clinic 1986-1992]
DT 9410
AU Hjorther AB; Andersen LB; Hetmar O; Jepsen PW; Psykiatrisk afdeling,
Kommunehospitalet, Kobenhavn.
SO Ugeskr Laeger. 1994 May 16;156(20):3028-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94295096
AB The Copenhagen City Drug Dependency Clinic at the former Rudolph Bergh's
Hospital was established in 1986 as part of the measures taken by the
municipality of Copenhagen to control the spread of HIV/AIDS among the
intravenous drug addicts in the City of Copenhagen. The aim was to
attract those HIV-positive drug addicts who were in no formal treatment
for their drug addiction at other treatment centres and to retain them
in treatment for a longer period acknowledging the fact that no causal
cure exists for either the drug addiction or for AIDS. The goal of the
treatment was to reduce HIV-risk behaviour i.e. sharing needles and
syringes and unprotected sex with multiple partners and to reduce the
adverse medical and social consequences of continued drug abuse. The
treatment was supported by methadone treatment. During the five year
period of 1986-92 a total of 196 HIV-positive drug addicts were referred
to the clinic. A little more than half of those referred for the first
through the third time and five out of six referred for the fourth time
were admitted to treatment at the clinic. Half of the 126 first-time
treated patients were retained in treatment for up to one year, while
the rest were retained in treatment from one to five years. The mean
time spent in treatment at the clinic was shorter for the relatively few
patients who were admitted for the second time than for those admitted
for the first time. At the end of the study 39 patients (20%) had died,
most of them for non-AIDS related reasons.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250
WORDS)
DE Adult Denmark/EPIDEMIOLOGY English Abstract Female Human *HIV
Seropositivity/COMPLICATIONS/TRANSMISSION Knowledge, Attitudes,
Practice Length of Stay Male Middle Age Needle Sharing Patient
Education Retrospective Studies Sex Behavior Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/*THERAPY JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).