Computer adaptive testing to assess impairing behavioral health problems in emergency department patients with somatic complaints.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess: (1) the prevalence of mental health and substance use in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) through use of a computer adaptive test (CAT-MH), (2) the correlation among CAT-MH scores and self- and clinician-reported assessments, and (3) the association between CAT-MH scores and ED utilization in the year prior and 30 days after enrollment.

Methods

This was a single-center observational study of adult patients presenting to the ED for somatic complaints (97%) from May 2019 to March 2020. The main outcomes were computer-adaptive-assessed domains of suicidality, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use. We conducted Pearson correlations and logistic regression for objectives 2 and 3, respectively.

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SUBMITTER: O'Reilly LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9494206 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature