128 results match your criteria: "Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care.[Affiliation]"
Social relationships and risk of incident mild cognitive impairment in U.S. Alzheimer's disease centers.
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord
April 2015
*Department of Epidemiology †National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center §Department of Health Services, University of Washington ‡Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ∥Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA.
Social relationships are hypothesized to prevent or slow cognitive decline. We sought to evaluate associations between social relationships and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Participants from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center database who were cognitively normal, aged 55 and older at baseline, and had at least 2 in-person visits (n=5335) were included.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInconsistencies between alcohol screening results based on AUDIT-C scores and reported drinking on the AUDIT-C questions: prevalence in two US national samples.
Addict Sci Clin Pract
January 2014
VA HSR&D Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle WA, USA.
Background: The AUDIT-C is an extensively validated screen for unhealthy alcohol use (i.e. drinking above recommended limits or alcohol use disorder), which consists of three questions about alcohol consumption.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPrevalence of clinically recognized alcohol and other substance use disorders among VA outpatients with unhealthy alcohol use identified by routine alcohol screening.
Drug Alcohol Depend
February 2014
Denver-Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Health Services Research & Development, Veteran Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States; Center of Excellence for Substance Abuse Treatment and Education, Veterans Affairs (VA) Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States.
Objective: The purpose of routine alcohol screening is to identify patients who may benefit from brief intervention, but patients who also have alcohol and other substance use disorders (AUD/SUD) likely require more intensive interventions. This study sought to determine the prevalence of clinically documented AUD/SUD among VA outpatients with unhealthy alcohol use identified by routine screening.
Methods: VA patients 18-90 years who screened positive for unhealthy alcohol use (AUDIT-C ≥3 women; ≥4 men) and were randomly selected for quality improvement standardized medical record review (6/06-6/10) were included.