Towards shortening the Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Brief Addiction Monitor-Revised (BAM-R) is a widely used, 17-item assessment of substance use, risk, and protective factors associated with recovery from substance use disorders. Despite wide adoption in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and recommendations for use in measurement-based care (MBC), administration may not be feasible in many MBC settings due to time constraints. The purpose of this study was to derive a shortened version of the BAM-R for use in fast-paced healthcare settings.

Methods

BAM-R data from 32,002 Veterans were obtained through the VA's Corporate Data Warehouse. We used logistic regression models to identify items for removal based on prediction of two clinical outcomes (90-day substance use disorder (SUD) treatment retenti

SUBMITTER: Blanchard BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10448406 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature