Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
AIDS Rev. 2022;25(3):105-114. doi: 10.24875/AIDSRev.19000098.
Tobacco smoking undermines the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and potentially associates with other health problems. This study aimed to analyze the growth and content of research on smoking among PLWHA on Web of Science Database. Co-occurrence analysis and Jaccard's' similarity index calculation were performed to identify and visualize networks of countries collaboration, keywords co-occurrence, and research topics. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to the abstracts' contents to uncover research domains and landscapes. The number of publications increased by 14.55% annually in the period of 1991-2017, with 74% of total papers published within 2007-2017. A wide range of topics have been covered, notably co-morbidities, interventions on smoking abstinence and cessation, and the enforcing relationship of smoking cessation with antiretroviral treatment adherence. A shortage of studies on smoking among PLWHA in low- and middle-income countries, limited collaborations between countries outside of close geographical proximity and a lack of discussion on local contexts and psychosocial factors were found. Smoking among PLWHA has been being studied more extensively in recent years, enhancing our knowledge and awareness of the significant and specific effects smoking have on PLWHA, which, in turn, assisting the proposals and implementations of suitable solutions. However, more efforts should be made to examine and understand contextualized aspects, including culture and beliefs specific to each nation or smaller sub-population within a country, especially those currently under-researched, as well as psycho-behavioral factors to implement more effective interventions to reduce smoking among PLWHA.
吸烟会降低艾滋病毒/艾滋病（HIV/AIDS）感染者的抗逆转录病毒治疗（ART）效果，并可能导致其他健康问题。本研究旨在分析世界科学引文数据库（Web of Science Database）中 HIV/AIDS 感染者吸烟研究的增长和内容。通过共现分析和杰卡德相似性指数计算，识别和可视化国家合作网络、关键词共现和研究主题。对摘要内容进行探索性因子分析，揭示研究领域和景观。1991-2017 年期间，出版物数量每年增长 14.55%，其中 74%的论文发表于 2007-2017 年。涵盖了广泛的主题，特别是合并症、戒烟和戒烟干预以及戒烟与抗逆转录病毒治疗依从性的关系。发现一些问题，包括中低收入国家中 HIV/AIDS 感染者吸烟的研究不足，国家之间的合作有限，且缺乏对当地背景和心理社会因素的讨论。近年来，HIV/AIDS 感染者吸烟问题的研究越来越广泛，这提高了我们对吸烟对 HIV/AIDS 感染者的重要和特殊影响的认识，进而有助于提出和实施合适的解决方案。然而，应该做出更多努力来研究和理解具体的背景化方面，包括每个国家或一个国家内较小亚人群特有的文化和信仰，特别是那些目前研究不足的方面，以及心理行为因素，以实施更有效的干预措施，减少 HIV/AIDS 感染者的吸烟行为。
