2022
Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Settings
Dobscha SK, Luther SL, Kerns RD, Finch DK, Goulet JL, Brandt CA, Skanderson M, Bathulapalli H, Fodeh SJ, Hahm B, Bouayad L, Lee A, Han L. Mental Health Diagnoses are Not Associated With Indicators of Lower Quality Pain Care in Electronic Health Records of a National Sample of Veterans Treated in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Settings. Journal Of Pain 2022, 24: 273-281. PMID: 36167230, PMCID: PMC9898089, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain care qualityQuality pain careMental health conditionsPrimary care cliniciansVeterans Health AdministrationPain carePCQ scoresHealth conditionsCare cliniciansUse disordersCare qualitySevere musculoskeletal painRetrospective cohort studyPrimary care visitsGeneral medical carePrimary care settingElectronic health record dataFinal adjusted modelMental health diagnosesEquation Poisson modelsHealth record dataBipolar disorder diagnosisSubstance use disordersAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorder
2021
Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV?
Womack JA, Murphy TE, Ramsey C, Bathulapalli H, Leo-Summers L, Smith AC, Bates J, Jarad S, Gill TM, Hsieh E, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Tien PC, Yin MT, Brandt C, Justice AC. Brief Report: Are Serious Falls Associated With Subsequent Fragility Fractures Among Veterans Living With HIV? JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2021, 88: 192-196. PMID: 34506360, PMCID: PMC8513792, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002752.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubsequent fragility fracturesFragility fracturesAntiretroviral therapySerious fallsRisk factorsVeterans Aging Cohort StudyAging Cohort StudyMultivariable logistic regressionUpper arm fracturesMiddle-aged populationYears of ageAlcohol use disorderCohort studyHip fractureVertebral fracturesArm fracturesInjury codesICD9 codesGeneral populationUse disordersLogistic regressionIntegrase inhibitorsOlder adultsRadiology reportsHIV
2020
Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk Model
Womack JA, Murphy TE, Bathulapalli H, Smith A, Bates J, Jarad S, Redeker NS, Luther SL, Gill TM, Brandt CA, Justice AC. Serious Falls in Middle‐Aged Veterans: Development and Validation of a Predictive Risk Model. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2020, 68: 2847-2854. PMID: 32860222, PMCID: PMC7744431, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16773.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMiddle-aged veteransVeterans Health AdministrationOpioid useSerious fallsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption scoresCategory-free net reclassification improvementIllicit substance use disordersMental health comorbiditiesPrescription opioid useMultivariable logistic regressionNet reclassification improvementSubstance use disordersQuality of lifeHazardous alcohol usePredictive risk modelChronic medicationsCohort studyHealth comorbiditiesNinth RevisionReclassification improvementGeriatric healthInjury codesHazardous alcoholInternational ClassificationUse disorders