dc.contributor.author | Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin | |
dc.contributor.author | Abeldaño Zuñiga, Roberto Ariel | |
dc.contributor.author | Virtanen, Jorma | |
dc.contributor.author | Ezechi, Oliver C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Aly, Nourhan M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lusher, Joanne | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Annie L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tantawi, Maha El | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-28T11:29:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-28T11:29:46Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-04-03T08:32:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2673-947X | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3065540 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this study was to assess the associations between HIV status, SARS-CoV-2 infection, increase in use of psychoactive substances and oral ulcers among people who use psychoactive substances. This was a secondary analysis of the data of 1087 people who used psychoactive substances collected during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data extracted were confounding (age, sex, the highest level of education attained, employment status, emotional distress status), dependent (oral ulcers) and independent (SARS-CoV-2 infection, increase in alcohol consumption, smoking and use of other psychoactive substances, living with HIV) variables. A multivariate logistic regression model was constructed to determine the associations between the dependent and independent variables after adjusting for the confounding variables. Participants who had a history of SARS-CoV-2 infection (AOR:10.37) and people living with HIV (AOR:1.91) had higher odds of reporting oral ulcers. The finding suggests that people who used psychoactive substances, had COVID-19 and lived with HIV were at increased risk for oral ulcers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased use of psychoactive substances was not associated with a significant increase in the risk for oral ulcers. Further research is needed to better understand the reasons for these findings. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Associations between HIV Status, SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Increase in Use of Psychoactive Substances and Oral Ulcers among People Who Used Psychoactive Substances during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2023 The Author(s) | en_US |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/hygiene3020009 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2139148 | |
dc.source.journal | Hygiene | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 85-92 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Hygiene. 2023, 3 (2), 85-92. | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 3 | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 2 | en_US |