2022
Characterizing the social support and functioning of a low-threshold medication for opioid use disorder treatment cohort at intake
Oles W, Alexander M, Kumar N, Howell B, O’Connor P, Madden LM, Barry DT. Characterizing the social support and functioning of a low-threshold medication for opioid use disorder treatment cohort at intake. BMC Psychiatry 2022, 22: 236. PMID: 35366844, PMCID: PMC8976510, DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-03884-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-threshold clinicDemographic characteristicsOpioid use disorder treatmentMultivariate logistic regression modelBrief Pain InventoryPatient demographic characteristicsOpioid use disorderSocial supportSymptom Identification ScaleUse disorder treatmentNon-Hispanic whitesLogistic regression modelsOlder patientsPain InventoryTreatment cohortsSelf-reported social supportLife Events ChecklistMOUD treatmentBaseline disparitiesTreatment accessTreatment needsHigh riskUse disordersMortality rateDisorder treatmentThe development and initial validation of the Russian version of the BASIS-24
Madden L, Farnum S, Bromberg D, Barry D, Mazhnaya A, Fomenko T, Meteliuk A, Marcus R, Rozanova J, Poklad I, Dvoriak S, Altice F. The development and initial validation of the Russian version of the BASIS-24. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 2022, 17: 65. PMID: 36435811, PMCID: PMC9701377, DOI: 10.1186/s13722-022-00343-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBASIS-24Addiction treatmentHIV prevention goalsSubset of patientsOpioid use disorderSymptom Identification ScaleMental health statusResultsCronbach’s alpha coefficientsMOUD patientsSeverity InstrumentTuberculosis epidemicEffective treatmentUse disordersHealth statusHealthcare professionalsMental healthPrevention goalsRelationships subscaleTreatment deliveryExploratory principal component analysisOpioidsHIVPatientsAlpha coefficientEECA region
2021
Successful transfer of stable patients on opioid agonist therapies from specialty addiction treatment to primary care settings in Ukraine: A pilot study
Meteliuk A, Galvez S, Fomenko T, Kalandiia H, Iaryi V, Farnum SO, Islam Z, Altice FL, Madden LM. Successful transfer of stable patients on opioid agonist therapies from specialty addiction treatment to primary care settings in Ukraine: A pilot study. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2021, 134: 108619. PMID: 34579978, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyPrimary care clinicsPrimary care settingOAT coverageAgonist therapyStable patientsCare clinicsSubstance useCare settingsNegative urine drug testsSpecialty addictions treatmentUrine drug testsSymptom Identification ScaleMental health symptomsAddiction treatment clinicsHIV transmissionPrimary careTreatment clinicsOAT patientsBASIS-24PatientsHealth symptomsEmotional labilityAddiction treatmentPilot study