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Correlates of Hospitalization for Alcohol-Using Methadone-Maintained Persons With Physical Health Problems

Adeline Nyamathi1*, Peggy Compton1, Allan Cohen2, Mary Marfisee1, Steven Shoptaw1, Barbara Greengold1, Viviana de Castro1, Mashid Reaves3, Albert Hasson4, Daniel George5, and Barbara Leake1

1 University of California, Los Angeles
2 Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment
3 BAART Southeast
4 Integrated Substance Abuse Program
5 Matrix Institute on Addictions

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: anyamath{at}sonnet.ucla.edu.


  Abstract
This cross-sectional study (n = 190) examined correlates of hospitalization for physical health problems among methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) clients with a history of alcohol abuse. The study was derived from baseline data collected for a longitudinal trial assessing the effect of motivational interviewing among alcohol-abusing adults undergoing MMT. The sample included clients who were 18-55 years of age, abusing alcohol, and receiving MMT from five large methadone maintenance clinics in the Los Angeles area. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. Correlates of hospitalization in logistic regression analysis included lack of social support, recent victimization, age of first alcohol use, chronic severe pain in the previous 6 months, not having children, and ethnicity. Identification of hospitalization risk factors among alcohol-abusing MMT clients is a first step to developing risk-reducing interventions designed to lower hospitalization rates in this population.

First published on January 7, 2009, doi:10.1177/0193945908328784

Western Journal of Nursing Research 2009;31:525.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009

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