Routine Assessment of Symptoms of Substance Use Disorders in Primary Care: Prevalence and Severity of Reported Symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) never receive treatment and SUDs are under-recognized in primary care (PC) where patients can be treated or linked to treatment. Asking PC patients to directly report SUD symptoms on questionnaires might help identify SUDs but to our knowledge, this approach is previously untested.

Objective

To describe the prevalence and severity of DSM-5 SUD symptoms reported by PC patients as part of routine care.

Design

Cross-sectional study using secondary data.

Participants

A total of 241,265 adult patients who visited one of 25 PC sites in an integrated health system in Washington state and had alcohol, cannabis, or other drug use screening documented in their EHRs (March 2015-July 2018) were included in main a

SUBMITTER: Sayre M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174482 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature