2024
Correlates of six-month housing instability among U.S. adults by veteran status: Exploratory study using data from the All of Us Program
Beydoun H, Vieytes C, Beydoun M, Lampros A, Tsai J. Correlates of six-month housing instability among U.S. adults by veteran status: Exploratory study using data from the All of Us Program. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0314339. PMID: 39576824, PMCID: PMC11584138, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0314339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousing instabilityVeteran statusNon-veteran populationsNon-veteransSocial determinants of healthHealth insurance availabilityU.S. adultsRate of HIDeterminants of healthHomeless servicesUs Research ProgramAssociated with lower likelihoodLifetime cigarette smokingAssociation of HICross-sectional dataWorse healthSix-month prevalenceSocial determinantsLogistic regression modelsLifetime alcohol consumptionInsurance availabilitySubstance useHealth characteristicsHigher incomeRacial disparitiesDrug 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 modelRole of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis
Beydoun H, Szymkowiak D, Pietrzak R, Beydoun M, Treadwell R, Tsai J. Role of homelessness and psychiatric disorders in suicide deaths among veterans: A four-way decomposition analysis. Psychiatry Research 2024, 340: 116120. PMID: 39121758, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health disordersFour-way decomposition analysisSubstance useHealth disordersPsychiatric disordersMortality riskSuicide deathsHomeless veteransVeterans AffairsSubstance use disordersU.S. Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Veterans AffairsPredictors of suicide deathVA healthcare systemFully-adjusted modelsMental health characteristicsEffects of homelessnessProportion of suicide deathsSuicide riskUse disorderHealth characteristicsRetrospective cohort studySuicideHealthcare systemDisorders
2022
Prevalence and characteristics associated with firearm ownership among low-income U.S. veterans
Tsai J, Testa A, Pietrzak R, Elbogen E. Prevalence and characteristics associated with firearm ownership among low-income U.S. veterans. Military Psychology 2022, 35: 132-141. PMID: 37133491, PMCID: PMC10013543, DOI: 10.1080/08995605.2022.2086415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsU.S. veteransMental health characteristicsLogistic regression analysisU.S. veteran populationMental health correlatesHierarchical logistic regression analysisU.S. military veteransClinical characteristicsAssociated sociodemographicFirearm ownershipHealth characteristicsVeteran populationSignificant associationTrauma exposureHealth correlatesPrevalenceMilitary veteransVeteransRegression analysisFirearm misuseRepresentative studyFirearm ownersSociodemographicsTrauma
2021
Mental Health and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With COVID-19 Among U.S. Adults
Tsai J, Huang M, Elbogen E. Mental Health and Psychosocial Characteristics Associated With COVID-19 Among U.S. Adults. Psychiatric Services 2021, 72: 444-447. PMID: 33530731, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000540.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19 infectionMental healthCOVID-19Positive COVID-19 testCOVID-19 statusMental health characteristicsMiddle-income adultsCOVID-19 testSocial supportClinical riskHealth characteristicsPsychiatric historyNegative testHistory of homelessnessMedical needPsychosocial characteristicsU.S. adultsCurrent social supportInfectionHealthNational sampleAdultsVeterans