Healthcare utilization and readiness outcomes among soldiers with post-deployment at-risk drinking, by multimorbidity class.

ABSTRACT: Although alcohol use disorder (AUD) regularly co-occurs with other conditions, there has not been investigation of specific multimorbidity classes among military members with at-risk alcohol use. We used latent class analysis (LCA) to cluster 138,929 soldiers with post-deployment at-risk drinking based on their co-occurring psychological and physical health conditions and indicators of alcohol severity. We examined the association of these multimorbidity classes with healthcare utilization and military readiness outcomes. Latent class analysis was conducted on 31 dichotomous indicators capturing alcohol use severity, mental health screens, psychological and physical health diagnoses, and tobacco use. Longitudinal survival analysis was used to examine the relative hazards of class membershi

SUBMITTER: Gray JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10881892 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature