2024
Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system
Tsai J, Szymkowiak D, Beydoun H. Drug overdose deaths among homeless veterans in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Addiction 2024 PMID: 39415621, DOI: 10.1111/add.16689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-homeless veteransDrug overdose deathsOverdose deathsDepartment of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemVeterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systemHealthcare systemDepartment of Veterans Affairs healthcare systemNational Death Index dataHazard ratioVeterans Affairs Healthcare SystemConfidence intervalsDeath Index dataEstimate hazard ratiosMental health characteristicsAssociated with greater riskEpidemic of drug overdoseHealth characteristicsHomeless veteransUS veteransCox regression modelsVeteransGreater riskHomeless populationSubstance useMultivariate Cox regression model
2023
Incidence and psychiatric predictors of Long COVID beyond 3 months in a city-wide community sample in Texas
Tsai J, Grace A, Kurian A. Incidence and psychiatric predictors of Long COVID beyond 3 months in a city-wide community sample in Texas. Journal Of Public Health 2023, 46: e51-e59. PMID: 38141051, DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdad276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLong COVID symptomsLong COVIDCOVID symptomsDuration of illnessLaboratory-confirmed casesLongitudinal cohort studyLoss of tasteCOVID-19 symptomsBaseline depression symptomsPopulation-based sampleCOVID-19Persistent symptomsCohort studyInverse probability weightingDepression symptomsPsychiatric predictorsWhite adultsSymptomsCoronavirus diseaseGreater riskMonthsAdultsCommunity sampleCOVIDGreater anxietyRisk of dementia among veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability
Roncarati J, DeVone F, Halladay C, Tsai J, Jutkowitz E. Risk of dementia among veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 72: 382-389. PMID: 38053404, PMCID: PMC10922215, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchADRD diagnosisCox proportional hazards modelHousing instabilityRisk of dementiaProportional hazards modelSubstance use disordersAge-related disordersHigh riskHazards modelUse disordersAlzheimer's diseaseGreater riskOlder ageHealth systemCohortSupportive housing programPermanent supportive housing programNine-year periodVeteransWraparound servicesHigher hazardDementiaSignificant proportionDiseaseDiagnosis
2021
Incidence of Homelessness among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias.
Jutkowitz E, DeVone F, Halladay C, Hooshyar D, Tsai J, Rudolph JL. Incidence of Homelessness among Veterans Newly Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2021, 104: 20-25. PMID: 33926154, PMCID: PMC8514122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsADRD diagnosisUse disordersAlzheimer's diseaseAdjusted hazard ratioYears of ageSubstance use disordersAlcohol use disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderVeterans Affairs administrative recordsHazard ratioLiver diseaseLung diseaseIncidence rateRelated dementiaYounger ageGreater riskDiseaseStress disorderIncidenceVeteransDisordersDementiaDiagnosisADRDAge
2015
Risk Factors for Homelessness Among US Veterans
Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Risk Factors for Homelessness Among US Veterans. Epidemiologic Reviews 2015, 37: 177-195. PMID: 25595171, PMCID: PMC4521393, DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxu004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk factorsUS veteransMental illnessSystematic reviewImportant risk factorHomeless veteransConsistent risk factorMeta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelinesSubstance use disordersPreferred Reporting ItemsAdverse childhood experiencesLow incomeHealth insurance coverageFirst systematic reviewUse disordersReporting ItemsRigorous studiesGreater riskHomeless nonveteransInsurance coverageHomeless adultsPast incarcerationVeteransMore studiesSocial isolation
2012
Do Homeless Veterans Have the Same Needs and Outcomes as Non-Veterans?
Tsai J, Mares AS, Rosenheck RA. Do Homeless Veterans Have the Same Needs and Outcomes as Non-Veterans? Military Medicine 2012, 177: 27-31. PMID: 22338975, DOI: 10.7205/milmed-d-11-00128.Peer-Reviewed Original Research