Citation

Shore J, Manson SM, Buchwald D. Psychiatr. Serv. 2002; 53(6): 757-760.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA. jay.shore@uchsc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12045316

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.

Language: en