2024
The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Clinical Pharmacist-delivered Intervention to Reduce Bothersome Health Symptoms from Polypharmacy and Alcohol Use and Communicate Risk among People with HIV: Pilot Study Protocol
Womack J, Leblanc M, Sager A, Zaets L, Maisto S, Garcia A, Aoun-Barakat L, Brown S, Edelman E, Fiellin D, Fisher J, Fraenkel L, Kidwai-Khan F, Marconi V, Martino S, Pulk R, Satre D, Virata M, Justice A, Hsieh E. The Feasibility and Acceptability of a Clinical Pharmacist-delivered Intervention to Reduce Bothersome Health Symptoms from Polypharmacy and Alcohol Use and Communicate Risk among People with HIV: Pilot Study Protocol. AIDS And Behavior 2024, 1-15. PMID: 39465468, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-024-04533-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchUnhealthy alcohol useAlcohol usePharmacist-delivered interventionVeterans Aging Cohort StudyPilot study protocolStudy protocolElectronic health recordsSupport behavior changePre-test/post-test designAging Cohort StudySelf-administered surveyAlcohol use disorderAlcohol Research CenterBothersome symptomsPre-test/post-testCommunicating riskHealth recordsLong-term medicationHealth symptomsCounseling interventionCounseling sessionsSessions 2 weeksQualitative interviewsAlcohol consumptionUse disorder
2023
Mortality Rate Among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder with Two or More Readmissions to the Hospital
Terechin O, Johansen P, Rosen A, Morgan M, Fraenkel L. Mortality Rate Among Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder with Two or More Readmissions to the Hospital. Journal Of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives 2023, 13: 90-93. PMID: 37868665, PMCID: PMC10589033, DOI: 10.55729/2000-9666.1235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlcohol use disorderMore hospital readmissionsHigh mortality rateUse disordersMortality rateHospital readmissionPsychiatric careUtilization of medicationsHazardous alcohol consumptionSerious medical conditionMore readmissionsChart reviewMost patientsDeceased patientsHigh morbidityClinical dataSurvival statusMedical conditionsPatientsAlcohol consumptionSignificant burdenPsychiatric conditionsReadmissionDisordersMedications