Citation

Grant GG, Wolfe AE, Thorpe CR, Gibran NS, Carrougher GJ, Wiechman SA, Holavanahalli R, Stoddard FJ, Sheridan RL, Kazis LE, Schneider JC, Ryan CM. Burns 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Clinical Research, Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: cryan@mgh.harvard.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.burns.2019.12.016

PMID

31901407

Abstract

Burn survivors who misuse alcohol and/other substances have been associated with poorer long-term outcomes and clinical complications following injury. The self-reported CAGE questionnaire (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, and Eye-opener) is an outcomes assessment tool used to screen for potential substance misuse. Understanding the persistence and emergence of potential substance misuse through examination of CAGE scores may provide important information about this population. Using data collected from the Burn Model System National Database, demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who reported positive CAGE scores (total score of ≥2) and those who reported negative CAGE scores (total score of 0 or 1) for either alcohol or other drugs were compared.

Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Language: en

Keywords

Burn injury; CAGE questionnaire; Substance misuse