Predictors of Readmission Following Outpatient Treatment for Alcohol Use Disorder. 2020

Emmanuel Mangkornkaew Hansen, and Anna Mejldal, and Anette Søgaard Nielsen
Unit for Clinical Alcohol Research, Unit for Psychiatric Research, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, J.B. Winsløws Vej 18, 5000 Odense C.

OBJECTIVE To identify predictors of readmission to outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD) with a view to identifying underlying mechanisms for preventing relapse. METHODS A consecutive clinical cohort of 2130 AUD outpatients treated between 1 January 2006 and 1 June 2016 was studied. Data were collected by means of the Addiction Severity Index upon treatment entry and at discharge. Outcome measures were readmission to outpatient treatment and time to readmission. Potential predictors were tested for significance using Cox Proportional Hazards multivariate analysis. RESULTS A total of 22% were readmitted during the follow-up time. Patients readmitted within 1 year of treatment conclusion differed significantly from those not readmitted on age, cohabitation status and completion status of index treatment. Significant predictors of readmission during follow-up time were younger age (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.98-1.00), history of psychiatric illness (HR = 1.24, 95% CI, 1.02-1.50), drop-out from index treatment (HR = 1.41, 95% CI, 1.15-1.72) and length of index treatment (HR = 1.02, 95% CI, 1.00-1.04). CONCLUSIONS Premature drop-out from treatment, a history of psychiatric illness, younger age and longer treatment episodes appear to be the most important predictors of readmission.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010359 Patient Readmission Subsequent admissions of a patient to a hospital or other health care institution for treatment. Hospital Readmission,Rehospitalization,Unplanned Hospital Readmissions,Unplanned Readmission,30 Day Readmission,Hospital Readmissions,Readmission, Hospital,Readmissions, Hospital,Thirty Day Readmission,30 Day Readmissions,Hospital Readmission, Unplanned,Hospital Readmissions, Unplanned,Readmission, Patient,Readmission, Thirty Day,Readmission, Unplanned,Rehospitalizations,Thirty Day Readmissions,Unplanned Hospital Readmission,Unplanned Readmissions
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000437 Alcoholism A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4) Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol
D000553 Ambulatory Care Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility. Outpatient Care,Outpatient Health Services,Clinic Visits,Health Services, Outpatient,Outpatient Services,Services, Outpatient Health,Urgent Care,Care, Ambulatory,Care, Outpatient,Care, Urgent,Cares, Urgent,Clinic Visit,Health Service, Outpatient,Outpatient Health Service,Outpatient Service,Service, Outpatient,Service, Outpatient Health,Services, Outpatient,Urgent Cares,Visit, Clinic,Visits, Clinic
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor

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