Citation

Cruce G, Nordström LG, Ojehagen A. Nord. J. Psychiatry 2007; 61(2): 92-99.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund Psychiatry and the Vardal Institute, Lund University Hospital. Kioskgatan 19, Lund, SE-221 85. Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/08039480701226062

PMID

17454723

Abstract

The use of screening instruments has been proposed to facilitate identification of risky substance use and misuse. This study aims to investigate the use of a screening procedure to identify hazardous or harmful use of alcohol, drug-related problems and riskful use of cigarettes in a clinical psychosis setting. The use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes was examined by three self-reporting instruments: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) and Fagerstram Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND). Two hundred and forty-one out of 374 patients (64%) took part in the investigation. Eighteen per cent had a hazardous or harmful alcohol use, 9% drug-related problems and 49% were smokers. Multivariate analyses showed that women, as well as smokers had an increasing risk of having drug-related problems. The use of screening questionnaires increases the awareness that risky use of alcohol, drugs and cigarettes is common among persons with psychosis. Many persons with psychosis used alcohol, drugs and cigarettes in a risky way. It is important to identify these problems to make proper interventions due to the negative medical and social consequences of this use. Such identification may be facilitated by use of screening instruments.

Language: en