2024
Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for pain management for veterans separating from military service: study protocol of a hybrid type 2 study testing implementation facilitation versus training-as-usual
Sellinger J, Rosen M, Lazar C, Gilstad-Hayden K, Dziura J, Li F, Mattocks K, Weede A, Sullivan-Tibbs M, Rose L, Vassallo G, Manhapra A, Turner A, Vogt D, Woodward E, Hartmann C, Haskell S, Mohammad A, Martino S. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment for pain management for veterans separating from military service: study protocol of a hybrid type 2 study testing implementation facilitation versus training-as-usual. Pain Medicine 2024, 25: s99-s106. PMID: 39514877, DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnae062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChronic PainHumansMaleMass ScreeningPain ManagementReferral and ConsultationUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransConceptsTraining-as-usualImplementation facilitatorsReferral to treatmentCase managementBrief interventionHybrid type 2 effectiveness-implementation trialPain managementImplementation strategiesPrimary implementation outcomeSubstance misuseProportion of participantsPain careUsefulness of screeningVeteran engagementVA sitesImplementation outcomesPragmatic trialPain serviceVeteran participantsCase management systemPain intensityDischarged veteransStudy enrollmentVeteransChronic pain
2021
Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services?
Manhapra A, Stefanovics EA, Rhee TG, Rosenheck RA. Who Uses Veterans Mental Health Services? The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2021, 209: 702-709. PMID: 33993183, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationPosttraumatic stress disorderHealth service usersMH service usersSubstance use disorder diagnosisClinical practice guidelinesMental health servicesMental health service usersClinical characteristicsMedicaid insurancePain interferenceService usersBlack raceSimilar prevalenceMental health researchMH researchPractice guidelinesGreater prevalenceHealth AdministrationHealth servicesPTSD diagnosisRacial distributionMH statusStress disorderDisorder diagnosisThe association of opioid use disorder and homelessness nationally in the veterans health administration
Manhapra A, Stefanovics E, Rosenheck R. The association of opioid use disorder and homelessness nationally in the veterans health administration. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2021, 223: 108714. PMID: 33865213, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108714.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesHumansIll-Housed PersonsOpioid-Related DisordersUnited StatesUnited States Department of Veterans AffairsVeteransVeterans HealthConceptsOpioid use disorderSubstance use disordersVeterans Health AdministrationRisk factorsUse disordersHealth AdministrationUnited States Veterans Health AdministrationCo-morbid risk factorsPrevalence of OUDMajor risk factorMultivariate logistic regressionHomeless veteransHigher unadjusted oddsCross-sectional analysisClinical factorsVHA patientsNon-homeless veteransUnadjusted oddsVHA careFiscal year 2012US veteransOdds ratioHigh prevalenceHigher oddsPsychiatric diagnosis
2017
Three‐year retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Manhapra A, Petrakis I, Rosenheck R. Three‐year retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder nationally in the Veterans Health Administration. American Journal On Addictions 2017, 26: 572-580. PMID: 28472543, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12553.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderBuprenorphine treatmentLast prescriptionHazards modelUse disordersVeterans Health Administration facilitiesCox proportional hazards modelThree-year retentionProportion hazard modelKaplan-Meier curvesEmergency room visitsPsychotropic drug useVeterans Health AdministrationProportional hazards modelOnly black raceBuprenorphine discontinuationBuprenorphine retentionCharlson indexFirst prescriptionTreatment continuationRoom visitsBlack raceFY 2012Mean durationFiscal year 2012