2019
Predictors of initiation of and retention on medications for alcohol use disorder among people living with and without HIV
Oldfield BJ, McGinnis KA, Edelman EJ, Williams EC, Gordon AJ, Akgün K, Crystal S, Fiellin LE, Gaither JR, Goulet JL, Korthuis PT, Marshall BDL, Justice AC, Bryant K, Fiellin DA, Kraemer KL. Predictors of initiation of and retention on medications for alcohol use disorder among people living with and without HIV. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2019, 109: 14-22. PMID: 31856946, PMCID: PMC6982467, DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2019.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlcohol use disorderUse disordersHIV statusUninfected individualsVeterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) dataEvidence-based medicationsNew alcohol use disorderPrevalence of initiationMultivariable logistic regressionPredictors of initiationFacility-level predictorsCohort study dataMedication initiationPrescription fillsMultivariable analysisBlack raceTreatment gapDecreased oddsNew diagnosisPLWHOlder ageLogistic regressionMedicationsHIVSpecific subpopulations
2018
Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Patients Living With HIV in Urban, Large Rural, and Small Rural Areas
Bensley KM, McGinnis KA, Fortney J, Chan KCG, Dombrowski JC, Ornelas I, Edelman EJ, Goulet JL, Satre DD, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Williams EC. Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Patients Living With HIV in Urban, Large Rural, and Small Rural Areas. The Journal Of Rural Health 2018, 35: 330-340. PMID: 30339740, PMCID: PMC6502702, DOI: 10.1111/jrh.12326.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall rural areasAlcohol useAUDIT-C alcoholElectronic health record dataHealth record dataAlcohol-related interventionsPrevalence of AUDAlcohol use outcomesHeavy episodic drinkingPLWHRural areasReporting useHIVUse outcomesRecord dataEpisodic drinkingPatientsPrevalenceRegression modelsDrinkingRuralityAUDUnique challenges