Does Reducing Drinking in Patients with Unhealthy Alcohol Use Improve Pain Interference, Use of Other Substances, and Psychiatric Symptoms?
Caniglia EC, Stevens ER, Khan M, Young KE, Ban K, Marshall BDL, Chichetto NE, Gaither JR, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Fiellin DA, Gordon AJ, Bryant KJ, Tate J, Justice AC, Braithwaite RS. Does Reducing Drinking in Patients with Unhealthy Alcohol Use Improve Pain Interference, Use of Other Substances, and Psychiatric Symptoms? Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2020, 44: 2257-2265. PMID: 33030753, PMCID: PMC8077101, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnhealthy alcohol useAlcohol usePain interferenceTobacco smokingUS veteransOdds ratioPsychiatric symptomsDepressive symptomsCocaine useVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) questionnaireCannabis useSubstance useAging Cohort StudyAnxiety symptomsSeparate logistic regression modelsChronic pain interferenceMultisite observational studyLogistic regression modelsCohort studyInverse probability weightingNext followObservational studyPotential selection biasYears postbaselineInsights Provided by Depression Screening Regarding Pain, Anxiety, and Substance use in a Veteran Population
Stevens ER, Mazumdar M, Caniglia EC, Khan MR, Young KE, Edelman EJ, Gordon AJ, Fiellin DA, Maisto SA, Chichetto NE, Crystal S, Gaither JR, Justice AC, Braithwaite RS. Insights Provided by Depression Screening Regarding Pain, Anxiety, and Substance use in a Veteran Population. Journal Of Primary Care & Community Health 2020, 11: 2150132720949123. PMID: 32772883, PMCID: PMC7418233, DOI: 10.1177/2150132720949123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnxietyCohort StudiesDepressionHumansMass ScreeningMiddle AgedPainSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesVeteransConceptsPositive predictive valueSubstance useOdds ratioVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) dataPHQ-9 scoresPrimary care settingCohort study dataTest performance characteristicsSymptoms of anxietyMedian ageDepression screeningLikelihood ratio valuesDepression screenPHQ-9Care settingsVeteran populationPredictive valueSignificant associationSymptomsDiagnostic assessmentAnxietyStudy dataAdditional informationAssociationPain