Coordination of medical care and opioid dependence treatment in primary care: A case report |
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| Authors: | David A. Fiellin MD Robert A. Rosenheck MD Thomas R. Kosten MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Internal Medicine , Yale University School of Medicine , 333 Cedar St., P.O. Box 208025, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520–8025 E-mail: david.fiellin@yale.edu.;2. VA Connecticut Healthcare System , West Haven, Connecticut;3. Department of Psychiatry , Yale University School of Medicine, VISN 1 Mental Illness, Research and Education and Clinical Center , West Haven, Connecticut |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the psychometric properties of a measure of social support, the Community Assessment Inventory (CAI), and to examine the role of social support in recovery. The CAI and the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) were administered to 196 opioid-dependent adults in (n = 135) or out of (n = 61) methadone treatment in Baltimore, Maryland, between 2004 and 2006. Baseline CAI scale scores indicated a generally high level of internal consistency (α scores). Pearson correlations showed that the scales were stable and had good discriminant validity with the ASI composite scores. One-way analysis of variance indicated that in-treatment participants reported significantly more support at baseline than out-of-treatment participants. This study's findings indicate the CAI may be a useful measure of social support and that such support is an important factor in treatment entry. |
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| Keywords: | opoid dependence treatment primary care |
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