TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Screening for alcohol abuse among urban Native Americans in a primary care setting
JO  - Psychiatric services
A1  - Shore, Jay
A1  - Manson, Spero M.
A1  - Buchwald, Dedra
SP  - 757
EP  - 760
VL  - 53
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1075-2730
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -