TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief screening for psychological and substance abuse disorders in veterans with long-term spinal cord injury
AU - Weingardt, Kenneth R.
AU - Hsu, Jeanette
AU - Dunn, Michael E.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Objective: To determine rates of positive screens for psychological and substance use disorders in persons with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI). Study Design: A naturalistic cohort design wherein consecutive admissions during an 8-month period completed the screening battery. Setting: Veterans Affairs SCI Center. Participants: One hundred fifteen men, 2 women, mean age 57.4 years, injured an average of 20 years, readmitted for various reasons. Main Outcome Measures: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and screening items for depression and anxiety disorders. Results: Rates of positive screens ranged from 6.2% for alcohol problems to over 40% for anxiety disorders. Positive screens for depression and anxiety correlated positively with the number of recent hospital admissions. Conclusions: Systematic brief screening for psychological and substance abuse disorders in this population revealed rates of positive screens at least equal to those in other medical patient populations.
AB - Objective: To determine rates of positive screens for psychological and substance use disorders in persons with long-term spinal cord injury (SCI). Study Design: A naturalistic cohort design wherein consecutive admissions during an 8-month period completed the screening battery. Setting: Veterans Affairs SCI Center. Participants: One hundred fifteen men, 2 women, mean age 57.4 years, injured an average of 20 years, readmitted for various reasons. Main Outcome Measures: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and screening items for depression and anxiety disorders. Results: Rates of positive screens ranged from 6.2% for alcohol problems to over 40% for anxiety disorders. Positive screens for depression and anxiety correlated positively with the number of recent hospital admissions. Conclusions: Systematic brief screening for psychological and substance abuse disorders in this population revealed rates of positive screens at least equal to those in other medical patient populations.
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U2 - 10.1037/0090-5550.46.3.271
DO - 10.1037/0090-5550.46.3.271
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034822852
SN - 0090-5550
VL - 46
SP - 271
EP - 278
JO - Rehabilitation Psychology
JF - Rehabilitation Psychology
IS - 3
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