TY - JOUR
T1 - Changes in Classes of Injury-Related Risks and Consequences of Risk-Level Drinking
T2 - a Latent Transition Analysis
AU - Cochran, Gerald
AU - Field, Craig
AU - Caetano, Raul
N1 - Funding Information:
This secondary analysis was supported by grant number 1R36HS021394 from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The data used for this study were collected in a study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01013824) and Clinical Trials Registry (NCT00132262). These funding sources did not have input into the design, execution, interpretation, or write-up of this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2013, National Council for Behavioral Health.
PY - 2015/7/3
Y1 - 2015/7/3
N2 - Risk-level drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol-related violence are risk factors that result in injuries. The current study sought to identify which subgroups of patients experience the most behavioral change following a brief intervention. A secondary analysis of data from a brief alcohol intervention study was conducted. The sample (N = 664) includes at-risk drinkers who experienced an injury and were admitted for care to a Level 1 trauma center. Injury-related items from the Short Inventory of Problems+6 were used to perform a latent transition analysis to describe class transitions participants experienced following discharge. Four classes emerged for the year before and after the current injury. Most individuals transitioned from higher-risk classes into those with lower risk. Some participants maintained risky profiles, and others increased risks and consequences. Drinking and driving remained a persistent problem among the study participants. Although a large portion of intervention recipients improved risks and consequences of alcohol use following discharge, more intensive intervention services may be needed for a subset of patients who showed little or no improvement.
AB - Risk-level drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol-related violence are risk factors that result in injuries. The current study sought to identify which subgroups of patients experience the most behavioral change following a brief intervention. A secondary analysis of data from a brief alcohol intervention study was conducted. The sample (N = 664) includes at-risk drinkers who experienced an injury and were admitted for care to a Level 1 trauma center. Injury-related items from the Short Inventory of Problems+6 were used to perform a latent transition analysis to describe class transitions participants experienced following discharge. Four classes emerged for the year before and after the current injury. Most individuals transitioned from higher-risk classes into those with lower risk. Some participants maintained risky profiles, and others increased risks and consequences. Drinking and driving remained a persistent problem among the study participants. Although a large portion of intervention recipients improved risks and consequences of alcohol use following discharge, more intensive intervention services may be needed for a subset of patients who showed little or no improvement.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11414-013-9378-3
DO - 10.1007/s11414-013-9378-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 24259197
AN - SCOPUS:84934440119
SN - 1094-3412
VL - 42
SP - 355
EP - 366
JO - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
JF - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
IS - 3
ER -