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. 2008 Jun;26(5):537-44.
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.08.019.

Alcohol misuse and report of recent depressive symptoms among ED patients

Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi  1 , Mohsen Bazargan, Tommie Gaines, Michael Jemanez
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Alcohol misuse and report of recent depressive symptoms among ED patients

Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2008 Jun.

Abstract

Objective: This study examined the magnitude of association between alcohol misuse and recent depressive symptoms.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 412 randomly selected patients at least 18 years old and seeking emergency department (ED) care.

Results: Of the patients, 51.0% reported depressive symptoms. At-risk drinking was reported by 26.0%, and 28.2% scored positive on the Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen 4. Alcohol abuse and binge drinking were reported by 25.1% and 28%, respectively, of the patients. According to our results, at-risk drinking (odds ratio [OR] = 2.49, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.47-4.20, P < or = .001), problem drinking (OR = 2.11, 95% CI = 1.27-3.51, P < or = .004), drinking abuse (OR = 2.58, 95% CI = 1.51-4.40, P < .001), and binge drinking (OR = 1.89, 95% CI = 1.13-3.15, P < .001) were all related to the manifestation of depressive symptoms.

Conclusions: The findings of this study yield information that could be used by ED health care practitioners and health educators to educate ED patients at risk for alcohol misuse and depression.

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