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Hepatitis infection rates in addicted migrants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

J. Reimer  and
B. Fischer
J. Reimer
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany Centre for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
B. Fischer
Affiliation:
Centre for Addiction Research of British Columbia, Victoria, BC, Canada Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

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The article examines infection with viral hepatitis A, B, and C and socio-ethnic 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 c2-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.

Type
Symposium: Specific Aspects of Substance use Disorders among Migrants
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S34
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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