Concurrence of Drug Users' Self-Report of Current HIV Status and Serotest Results

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Summary:This study examines the concurrence of drug users' self-reports of current HIV status with serotest results. The analyses are based on data obtained from faceto-face interviews with 7,256 out-of-treatment injection drug and/or crack users in 10 sites that participated in the Cooperative Agreement for AIDS Community-Based Outreach/Intervention Research Program (funded by the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse ). Although the degree of concurrence between HIV-negative individuals' self-reports of their current HIV status and their serotest results was high (specificity, 99%), this was not the situation for individuals who tested positive for HIV (sensitivity, 44%). Address correspondence and reprint requests to Shiela M. Strauss, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc., 2 World Trade Center, 16th floor, New York City, New York 10048 U.S.A.; e-mail: [email protected] Manuscript received September 21, 2000; accepted March 21, 2001. © 2001 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.