TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Changes in classes of injury-related risks and consequences of risk-level drinking: A latent transition analysis
JO  - Journal of behavioral health services and research
A1  - Cochran, Gerald
A1  - Field, Craig
A1  - Caetano, Raul
SP  - 355
EP  - 366
VL  - 42
IS  - 3
N2  - Risk-level drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol-related violence are risk factors that result in injuries. The current study sought to identify which subgroups of patients experience the most behavioral change following a brief intervention. A secondary analysis of data from a brief alcohol intervention study was conducted. The sample (N = 664) includes at-risk drinkers who experienced an injury and were admitted for care to a Level 1 trauma center. Injury-related items from the Short Inventory of Problems+6 were used to perform a latent transition analysis to describe class transitions participants experienced following discharge. Four classes emerged for the year before and after the current injury. Most individuals transitioned from higher-risk classes into those with lower risk. Some participants maintained risky profiles, and others increased risks and consequences. Drinking and driving remained a persistent problem among the study participants. Although a large portion of intervention recipients improved risks and consequences of alcohol use following discharge, more intensive intervention services may be needed for a subset of patients who showed little or no improvement.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1094-3412
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11414-013-9378-3
ID  - ref1
ER  -