ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2014
Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use among emergency department patients.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Frequency of health-care utilization by adults who use illicit drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Review of ED-based Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Research.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2015Pooled it
- Hospital admissions among patients with Comorbid Substance Use disorders: a secondary analysis of predictors from the NavSTAR Trial.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Trial
- Utilizing patient perception of group treatment in exploring medication adherence, social support, and quality of life outcomes in people who inject drugs with hepatitis C.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Trial
- Examining motor vehicle crash involvement and readiness to change on drinking and driving behaviors among injured emergency department patients.Traffic injury prevention · 2017Trial
- Health Evaluation and Referral Assistant: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment System to Reduce Risky Alcohol Use Among Emergency Department Patients.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- Evaluation of a brief intervention to reduce the negative consequences of drug misuse among adult emergency department patients.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2015Trial
- Health evaluation and referral assistant: a randomized controlled trial to improve smoking cessation among emergency department patients.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2015Trial
- Short-term Efficacy of a Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Misuse and Increase Drug Treatment Utilization Among Adult Emergency Department Patients.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2015Trial
- Smoking cessation in emergency departments: a reality check.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Review
- A descriptive study of blood pressure in people with self-reported substance use seeking health care in region F, Johannesburg, South Africa.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Emergency department use and geospatial variation in social determinants of health: a pilot study from South Carolina.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Models for Zero-Inflated and Overdispersed Correlated Count Data: An Application to Cigarette Use.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2023Article
- Comparison of Intimate Partner Violence and Correlates at Urgent Care Clinics and an Emergency Department in a Rural Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- 2021 SAEM Consensus Conference Proceedings: Research Priorities for Implementing Emergency Department Screening for Social Risks and Needs.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2023Review
- Prior Periods of Abstinence Among Adults With an Alcohol Use Disorder: A Qualitative Template Analysis.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2023Article
- Factors related to substance use treatment attendance after peer recovery coach intervention in the emergency department.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
- Acute injury mortality and all-cause mortality following emergency department presentation for alcohol use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Smokeless Tobacco Cessation in an Emergency Room in Rural West Virginia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Multimorbidity, psychoactive substance use and psychological distress among acute medically ill patients: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe prevalence of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use among emergency department (ED) patients is high and many of these patients have unrecognized and unmet substance use treatment needs. Identification of patients in the ED with problem substance use is not routine at this time.
methodsWe examined screening data, including standardized measures of ATOD use (HSI, AUDIT-C, DAST-10), from 14,866 ED patients in six hospitals across the United States. We expected younger age, male gender, higher triage acuity, and other substance use severity (ATOD) to be associated both with use versus abstinence and with severity of each substance use type. We used negative binomial hurdle models to examine the association between covariates and (1) substance use versus abstinence (logistic submodel) and with (2) severity among those who used substances (count submodel).
resultsRates of use and problem use in our sample were similar to or higher than other ED samples. Younger patients and males were more likely to use ATOD, but the association of age and gender with severity varied across substances. Triage level was a poor predictor of substance use severity. Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use were significantly associated with using other substances and severity of other substance use.
conclusionBetter understanding of the demographic correlates of ATOD use and severity and the patterns of comorbidity among classes of substance can inform the design of optimal screening and brief intervention procedures addressing ATOD use among ED patients. Tobacco may be an especially useful predictor.
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