Social Desirability Bias Impacts Self‐Reported Alcohol Use Among Persons With HIV in Uganda

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Authors

Julian Adong · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Robin Fatch · University of California, San Francisco

Nneka Emenyonu · University of California, San Francisco

Debbie M. Cheng · Boston University

Winnie Muyindike · Mbarara National Referral Hospital

Christine Ngabirano · Mbarara University of Science and Technology

Allen Kekibiina

Abstract

While use of objective measures (e.g., alcohol biomarkers) is desirable for measuring alcohol use, SDS scores may be used to adjust self-reported drinking levels by participants' level of social desirability in HIV research studies.

Topics & Keywords

HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 43, Issue 12, pp. 2591-2598

DOI: 10.1111/acer.14218

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