Authors: Shore J, Manson SM, Buchwald D

Publication Year: 2002

Last Updated: 2010-01-21 08:14:08

Journal: Psychiatric Services

Keywords: alcohol abuse; American Indian & Alaska Native; primary care; data collection; medical records; male; violence; depression

Short Abstract: The authors examined the rate of and factors associated with alcohol abuse among 754 urban American Indian and Alaska Native primary care patients. Data were collected through a self-administered survey and by abstracting medical records.

Abstract: The authors examined the rate of and factors associated with alcohol abuse among 754 urban American Indian and Alaska Native primary care patients. Data were collected through a self-administered survey and by abstracting medical records. A total of 423 respondents (56 percent) screened positive for lifetime alcohol abuse, and 202 (27 percent) reported current alcohol abuse. A diagnosis of alcohol abuse was found in the medical records of 68 of the patients who screened positive (16 percent). Logistic regression analysis showed that being male, having been a victim of violence, and feeling depressed were associated with alcohol abuse. Further research is warranted to help clinicians detect and treat alcohol abuse in this special population.

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Funding: Grant 1P30AG-NE-15292 from the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Nursing Research, grant 90-AM-0757 from the Administration on Aging, and grant P0143471 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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