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Identifying women veterans with unhealthy alcohol use using gender-tailored screening
Katherine J Hoggatt1,2, Tracy Simpson3,4,5, Catherine A Schweizer1,6
1VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) Center for the Study of Healthcare Innovation, Implementation and Policy, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California.
Background And Objectives:
To assess the impact of gender-tailored alcohol screening criteria.
Methods:
Among N = 1,349 women, we calculated the proportion screening positive for unhealthy alcohol use with non-tailored versus gender-tailored criteria (a gender-tailored binge-drinking item, lower screen-positive threshold, or both).
Results:
Three percent more women screened positive with a modified binge-drinking question, most reporting risky drinking. Fifteen percent more women screened positive with a lower threshold; most did not report risky drinking.
Discussion And Conclusions:
Gender-tailored binge-drinking questions may improve detection of women's unhealthy alcohol use.
Scientific Significance:
These results can inform future efforts to improve alcohol screening for women. (Am J Addict 2018;27:97-100).
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