Factors related to substance use treatment attendance after peer recovery coach intervention in the emergency department.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Brief intervention with peer recovery coach support has been used to generate referrals to substance use disorder treatment from the emergency department (ED). This retrospective study evaluated factors associated with successful linkage to treatment following brief intervention in the ED.

Methods

Data were extracted from the electronic health record for patients who were referred to substance use treatment from the ED and for whom follow-up data regarding treatment attendance was available (n=666). We examined associations between demographic and insurance variables, substance use, mental health diagnosis, prior abstinence, and stage of change with successful linkage to substance use treatment after ED referral.

Results

The sample was majority mal

SUBMITTER: Ware OD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9835716 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature