2023
Relationship Between Pain and LGBT Status Among Veterans in Care in a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Cohort
Gordon K, Buta E, Pratt-Chapman M, Brandt C, Gueorguieva R, Warren A, Workman T, Zeng-Treitler Q, Goulet J. Relationship Between Pain and LGBT Status Among Veterans in Care in a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Cohort. Journal Of Pain Research 2023, 16: 4037-4047. PMID: 38054108, PMCID: PMC10695019, DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s432967.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRetrospective cross-sectional cohortCross-sectional cohortPersistent painSelf-reported pain scoresVeterans Health AdministrationRobust Poisson modelsCorporate Data WarehouseLGBT veteransPain screeningPain scoresClinic visitsPain assessmentPainAdjusted modelHealth AdministrationGreater painMental healthSubstance useCohortYear of entryBlack veteransHealthcare systemVeteransSignificant differencesAdministrative dataGraded chronic pain scale revised: validation in a Veteran sample
Taub C, Gordon K, Goulet J, Lee A, Mayhew M, Von Korff M, DeBar L, Kerns R. Graded chronic pain scale revised: validation in a Veteran sample. Pain Medicine 2023, 24: 1169-1175. PMID: 37220899, PMCID: PMC10546477, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnad068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGraded Chronic Pain ScaleHigh-impact chronic painAdjusted odds ratioMild chronic painChronic Pain ScaleChronic painPain scaleConfidence intervalsLong-term opioid therapyHigh-risk populationOpioid therapyPain gradeUS veteransOdds ratioActivity limitationsPainPain researchLogistic regressionVeteran sampleHealth indicatorsStudy objectiveConvergent validityValidation studyVeteransPsychological variables
2022
Joint longitudinal trajectories of pain intensity and opioid prescription in veterans with back pain
Buta E, Gordon KS, Gueorguieva R, Becker WC, Heapy A, Bathulapalli H, Zeng Q, Redd D, Brandt C, Goulet J. Joint longitudinal trajectories of pain intensity and opioid prescription in veterans with back pain. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2022, 31: 1262-1271. PMID: 35996825, DOI: 10.1002/pds.5531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBack painOpioid prescriptionsPain/Pain intensityRetrospective cohort studyTrajectories of painElectronic health record dataMental health diagnosesHealth record dataHigh opioidCohort studyClinical predictorsHigher oddsPainLatent class growth analysisOpioidsPain classesHealth diagnosisRecord dataVeteransLongitudinal trajectoriesPrescriptionOddsTrajectory classesDistinct patterns
2010
Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV
Fischer MJ, Wyatt CM, Gordon K, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Parikh CR. Hepatitis C and the Risk of Kidney Disease and Mortality in Veterans With HIV. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2010, 53: 222-226. PMID: 20104121, PMCID: PMC3032564, DOI: 10.1097/qai.0b013e3181b980d4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic kidney diseaseHepatitis C virusKidney diseaseMortality rateGlomerular filtration rateAdjusted mortality rateLevels of eGFRVeterans Healthcare AdministrationHepatitis CCoinfected subjectsC virusFiltration rateNational cohortIndependent associationHIVHigh mortalityPoisson regressionMortalityGraduated increaseVeteransCohortHigh rateEGFRDiseaseHealthcare administration