The Contribution of Health Anxiety to Retrospectively-Recalled Emergency Department Visits within a Sample of Patients in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment
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With the burden of emergency department (ED) use increasing, research examining the factors associated with ED visits among individuals who use the ED most frequently is needed. Given that substance use is strongly linked to ED visits, this study sought to examine the factors associated with greater ED visits among patients with substance use disorders (SUD). More precisely, we examined whether health anxiety incrementally contributes to the prediction of ED visits for medical care among adult patients (N = 118) in a residential substance abuse disorder treatment facility. As predicted, health anxiety was significantly positively correlated with ED visits during the past year. Furthermore, health anxiety remained a significant predictor of ED visits after accounting for sociodemographic variables, frequency of substance use, and physical health status. These results suggest that health anxiety may contribute to increased ED visits for medical care among individuals with SUD.
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- Authors
- Fergus, T. A., Bardeen, J. R., Gratz, K. L., Fulton, J. J., & Tull, M. T.
- Affiliations
- Baylor University (US)
- University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
- Durham VA Medical Center (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tull, Matthew T.
- Venue
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-09-22
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-8
- ISSN
- 1650-6073 (ISSN-L)
- 1651-2316
- OpenAlex
- W2080512208
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 44
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 2.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Mississippi State Department of Health
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Keywords
- health anxiety, emergency department visits, substance use disorders, residential addiction treatment, frequent emergency department users, physical health status, substance use frequency
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Attitude to Health, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Health Status, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Middle Aged, Residential Treatment, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult
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