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Trial reportJournal of ethnicity in substance abuse2012

More alike than different: health needs, services utilization, and outcomes of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) populations treated for substance use disorders.

Elizabeth Evans, Jennifer Pierce, Libo Li, Richard Rawson, Yih-Ing Hser

Open access · greenAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth EvansDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, USA. laevans@ucla.edu
Jennifer Pierce
Libo Li
Richard Rawson
Yih-Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

STATISTICAL SUPPORT/DATA MANAGEMENT COREP30DA016383 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSER, YIH-ING · 2005 to 2015
$8.6M
Drug Abuse: Epidemiology, Treatment Process, & OutcomesK05DA017648 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HSER, YIH-ING · 2008 to 2012
$569k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are often portrayed as a healthy group with minor substance use problems. Using data from two studies of patients treated in 44 community-based substance use treatment sites located in three states, 298 AAPIs and a matched comparison group of 298 non-AAPI patients were compared on demographic characteristics, treatment experiences, and 1-year outcomes. At treatment entry, more AAPIs reported recent drug use and fewer injected drugs, AAPIs had less severe medical and alcohol problems, and AAPIs reported worse general health but less desire for medical and alcohol services. After controlling for baseline problem severity, there were no differences in treatment retention, completion, or outcomes. Contrary to the model minority stereotype, AAPIs have mostly similar treatment needs, experiences, and outcomes as other racial/ethnic groups in drug treatment.

Indexed as

AdultAlcoholismAsianFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth Services Needs and DemandHumansMaleNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderPatient ComplianceProspective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexSubstance Abuse, IntravenousSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersSubstance-Related DisordersTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID23216439
PMCPMC3526835
OpenAlexW2166298633

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