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Efficiently Quantifying Egocentric Social Network Cannabis Use: Initial Psychometric Validation of the Brief Cannabis Social Density Assessment. 有效量化以自我为中心的社交网络大麻使用情况:简要大麻社交密度评估的初步心理计量验证。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-30 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00361
Samuel F Acuff, Austin J Varner, Justin C Strickland, Kathryn S Gex, Elizabeth R Aston, James Mackillop, James G Murphy
{"title":"Efficiently Quantifying Egocentric Social Network Cannabis Use: Initial Psychometric Validation of the Brief Cannabis Social Density Assessment.","authors":"Samuel F Acuff, Austin J Varner, Justin C Strickland, Kathryn S Gex, Elizabeth R Aston, James Mackillop, James G Murphy","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00361","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00361","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Social environment is a key determinant of substance use, but cannabis-related social network analysis is not common, in part because of the assessment burden of comprehensive egocentric social network analysis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The current pre-registered secondary analysis assessed the psychometric properties (i.e., convergent, criterion-related, incremental validity) of the Brief Cannabis Social Density Assessment (B-CaSDA) in a cross-sectional sample of adults who use cannabis (<i>N</i> = 310) using a survey-based design. The B-CaSDA assesses the quantity and frequency of cannabis use for the respondent's four closest (nonparent) relationships.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ego cannabis use severity was elevated for each additional person who used cannabis at all or daily in the individual's social network. B-CaSDA indices (i.e., frequency, quantity, total score) were positively correlated with cannabis consumption, cannabis use severity indicators, and established risk factors for harmful cannabis use. B-CaSDA indices also discriminated between those above and below a clinical cutoff on the Cannabis Use Disorder Identification Test-Revised (CUDIT-R). Finally, in omnibus models that included common risk factors for cannabis use severity, the B-CaSDA quantity index contributed additional variance when predicting CUDIT-R total score, and B-CaSDA frequency contributed additional variance in predicting the CUDIT-R quantity-frequency subscale.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results suggest that the B-CaSDA has the potential to expand social network research on cannabis use and misuse by increasing its assessment feasibility in diverse designs.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"885-894"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606042/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141179827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Public Deserves Better: A Critique Based on 40 Years as an Alcohol Research Consumer. 公众应该得到更好的:基于 40 年酒精研究消费者的评论。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-09-24 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00298
Mark Nason
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Substance Use and Discrimination in a Sample of U.S.-Based Latinx Sexual Minority Men and Their Main Partners. 美国拉丁裔性少数群体男性及其主要伴侣的药物使用和歧视情况。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00170
Gabriel Robles, Addam Reynolds, Roxanna S Ast, Tyrel J Starks
{"title":"Substance Use and Discrimination in a Sample of U.S.-Based Latinx Sexual Minority Men and Their Main Partners.","authors":"Gabriel Robles, Addam Reynolds, Roxanna S Ast, Tyrel J Starks","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00170","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Substance use, including drug and alcohol misuse, is associated with myriad health conditions, including a higher risk for HIV infection. Although preliminary evidence suggests that higher levels of relationship functioning can buffer against the deleterious health consequences of discrimination on mental health broadly, such protective associations have been understudied with respect to alcohol and drug use. The topic is particularly understudied among Latino sexual minority men even though they are at greater risk for problematic substance use behaviors and are likely to experience multiple forms of discrimination (e.g., racism, homophobia).</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>To address this gap in the literature, we sampled 95 predominantly Latino sexual minority male couples to assess their drinking and drug use behaviors, relationship functioning, and experiences of discrimination. We used Actor-Partner Interdependence models to test our hypotheses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found that having a partner who experienced discrimination and higher partner reports of relationship functioning buffered against the negative relationship between own experiences of discrimination and drug use, but not problematic drinking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest that higher relationship functioning serves as a buffer between the negative ramifications of discrimination on drug use, but not problematic drinking. We explicate implications for policy and practice to facilitate well-being among coupled Latino sexual minority men.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"867-876"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606043/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075612","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Adults With Depression or Anxiety: Changes During COVID-19 and Associations With Mental Health Treatment. 患有抑郁症或焦虑症的成年人不健康饮酒:COVID-19 期间的变化以及与心理健康治疗的关联。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00373
Derek D Satre, Vanessa A Palzes, Felicia W Chi, Andrea H Kline-Simon, Cynthia I Campbell, Natalia van Doren, Constance Weisner, Stacy Sterling
{"title":"Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Adults With Depression or Anxiety: Changes During COVID-19 and Associations With Mental Health Treatment.","authors":"Derek D Satre, Vanessa A Palzes, Felicia W Chi, Andrea H Kline-Simon, Cynthia I Campbell, Natalia van Doren, Constance Weisner, Stacy Sterling","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00373","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Individuals with unhealthy alcohol use and comorbid depression or anxiety may be vulnerable to alcohol use escalation in times of stress such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Among a cohort of individuals with pre-pandemic unhealthy drinking, we compared changes in alcohol use by whether people had a depression or anxiety diagnosis and examined whether mental health treatment was related to these changes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Using electronic health record data from Kaiser Permanente Northern California, we analyzed drinking changes during the pandemic (3/1/2020-6/30/2022) among adults identified in primary care with unhealthy alcohol use (exceeding daily/weekly recommended limits) pre-pandemic (1/1/2019-2/29/2020). Outcomes were mean changes in number of heavy drinking days (prior 3 months), drinks/week, drinks/day, and drinking days/week. Multivariable linear regression models were fit to (a) compare outcomes of patients with depression or anxiety diagnoses to those without, and (b) among patients with depression or anxiety, estimate associations between mental health treatment and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The sample included 62,924 adults with unhealthy alcohol use, of whom 12,281 (19.5%) had depression or anxiety. On average, alcohol use significantly decreased across all measures during the pandemic; however, patients with depression or anxiety had greater decreases in drinks/week (adjusted mean difference [aMD] [CI] = -0.34 [-0.55, -0.12]) and drinking days/week (-0.15 [-0.20, -0.10]). No associations were found between mental health treatment and changes in drinking.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Contrary to expectations, patients with unhealthy alcohol use and depression or anxiety decreased alcohol use more than those without depression or anxiety during COVID-19, regardless of whether they accessed mental health services.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"920-926"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606045/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Implementation Costs of the APPRAISE Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) for Male Remand Prisoners: A Micro-Costing Protocol and Preliminary Findings. 男性还押犯人酒精简短干预(ABI)的实施成本:微观成本计算协议和初步研究结果。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-04-26 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00341
Gillian Waller, Jennifer Ferguson, Jeremy W Bray, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Andrew Stoddart, Aisha Holloway
{"title":"Implementation Costs of the APPRAISE Alcohol Brief Intervention (ABI) for Male Remand Prisoners: A Micro-Costing Protocol and Preliminary Findings.","authors":"Gillian Waller, Jennifer Ferguson, Jeremy W Bray, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Andrew Stoddart, Aisha Holloway","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00341","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00341","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This article documents the methods used to assess the implementation costs of the APPRAISE (A two-arm parallel group individually randomized Prison Pilot study of a male Remand Alcohol Intervention for Self-efficacy Enhancement) alcohol brief intervention (ABI) delivered to male remand prisoners across two study sites in Scotland and North East England.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We first developed a comprehensive taxonomy of the activities constituting the APPRAISE ABI. Next, data about the study staff and the subject time spent were collected for each activity, in addition to the other resources used and unit costs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From the pilot data collection, it was possible to construct a narrative, for both study sites, how the intervention was delivered and the time required for each activity. The ABI was delivered by Change Grow Live and Humankind intervention staff. Staff salaries were obtained from both organizations to calculate the staff delivery costs for each site. Other costs, such as the printing of materials, were estimated based on APPRAISE study records. Because of the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and limited access to prison resources and staff, there were significant deviations from the initial study protocols. As a result, we document the costs of implementing the ABI as delivered rather than as planned.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This article provides the first estimates of the implementation costs of an ABI delivered in a criminal justice setting in the United Kingdom. Although these costs are from a pilot implementation that was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, this article nonetheless provides useful, policy-relevant information on the potential costs of providing ABI to remand prisoners. It also serves as a methodological template, guidance, and proof of concept for future micro-costing studies of ABIs in criminal justice settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"820-828"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140852711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Test Purchasing of Same-Day and Rapid Online Alcohol Home Delivery in Two Australian Jurisdictions. 在澳大利亚的两个司法管辖区测试购买当日送达和快速网上送酒到家的服务。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00223
Kerri Coomber, Ryan Baldwin, Chanelle Wilson, Louise McDonald, Nicholas Taylor, Sarah Callinan, Claire Wilkinson, John W Toumbourou, Tanya Chikritzhs, Peter G Miller
{"title":"Test Purchasing of Same-Day and Rapid Online Alcohol Home Delivery in Two Australian Jurisdictions.","authors":"Kerri Coomber, Ryan Baldwin, Chanelle Wilson, Louise McDonald, Nicholas Taylor, Sarah Callinan, Claire Wilkinson, John W Toumbourou, Tanya Chikritzhs, Peter G Miller","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00223","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>With same-day online alcohol sales increasing, there is a need to study their regulation. Test purchasing of alcohol home delivery was conducted to measure compliance with regulations for identification checks and unattended deliveries in two Australian jurisdictions (Perth, Western Australia, and Geelong, Victoria), which have differing regulations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Alcohol orders for same-day or rapid (<2 hours) delivery on Friday and Saturday nights were made by research assistants ages 18-24 years in Perth (<i>n</i> = 34) and Geelong (<i>n</i> = 29). An observation checklist was used to record the delivery interaction, with a specific focus on checking photo identification at the time of delivery and whether deliveries were left unattended.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The average time from order to delivery for rapid deliveries was less than 1 hour in both sites (Perth = 50 minutes; Geelong = 36 minutes). More than 20% of deliveries were made without an identification check in both sites (Perth = 24%; Geelong = 21%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This pilot study showed that alcohol can be delivered to the home within 1 hour, and not all deliveries include an identification check at the point of delivery. These findings indicate a need for policies that empower regulators and police to undertake \"mystery shopper\" monitoring to reduce potential harms and improve compliance with alcohol delivery policy.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"839-844"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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It's Not Just Black and White: Identifying the Combined Influence of Multilevel Determinants of Tobacco Use Among Black Adolescents. 不仅仅是黑与白:确定黑人青少年吸烟的多层次决定因素的综合影响。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.23-00274
Fiona N Conway, Adriana Espinosa, Lesia M Ruglass, Wynta Alexander, Christine E Sheffer
{"title":"It's Not Just Black and White: Identifying the Combined Influence of Multilevel Determinants of Tobacco Use Among Black Adolescents.","authors":"Fiona N Conway, Adriana Espinosa, Lesia M Ruglass, Wynta Alexander, Christine E Sheffer","doi":"10.15288/jsad.23-00274","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.23-00274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Black individuals are disproportionately affected by tobacco-related illnesses. Although tobacco use is often initiated in adolescence and risk factors thereof originate from multiple domains of influence, investigations of tobacco use among Black adolescents seldom consider these domains simultaneously. These examinations are needed to identify the impact of co-occurring risk factors on tobacco use and inform comprehensive tobacco prevention and treatment programs. Our study sought to identify the combined influence of factors across multiple domains on tobacco use among Black adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were non-Hispanic Black (<i>N</i> = 1,801) adolescent (ages 12 to 17 years) respondents from Wave 1 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. Latent class analysis identified unique response patterns to items assessing the risk of tobacco use across sociocultural, environmental, psychological, and behavioral (e.g., alcohol use) domains. Subsequent logistic regressions compared the odds of ever and current tobacco use between the classes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four latent classes were identified. According to item response probabilities, they were named low risk (LR; 36.5%), low psychological (LP; 19.0%), high psychological (HP; 30.4%), and high social, psychological, and behavioral (HSPB; 14.1%) risk. The odds of ever and current tobacco use were highest among adolescents in the HSPB latent class compared with the other latent classes (odds ratio = 6.5 to 42.1).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Adolescents with the highest odds of tobacco use endorse multiple risks including feeling distress, perceiving tobacco as beneficial for handling stress, and using substances, and may prioritize the management of negative emotions over perceived health consequences from tobacco use. Multilevel interventions that incorporate the development of coping strategies for effectively handling negative affect may prove highly effective in preventing tobacco use among Black adolescents.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"856-866"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11606040/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141261872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Prescription Opioid Dose Change Before Fatal Opioid-Detected Overdose. 在检测到致命的阿片类药物过量之前改变阿片类药物处方剂量。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2024-05-22 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00026
Maryam Kazemitabar, Benjamin A Howell, William C Becker, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Lauretta E Grau, Robert Heimer, Gail D'Onofrio, Kathryn Hawk, David A Fiellin, Anne C Black
{"title":"Prescription Opioid Dose Change Before Fatal Opioid-Detected Overdose.","authors":"Maryam Kazemitabar, Benjamin A Howell, William C Becker, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Lauretta E Grau, Robert Heimer, Gail D'Onofrio, Kathryn Hawk, David A Fiellin, Anne C Black","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00026","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The opioid overdose crisis continues within the United States, and the role of prescribed opioids and prescribing patterns in overdose deaths remains an important area of research. This study investigated patterns of prescription opioids dispensed in the 12 months before opioid-detected overdose death in Connecticut between May 8, 2016, and January 2, 2018, considering differences by demographic characteristics.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample included decedents who had an opioid dispensed within 30 days preceding death. Using multilevel modeling, we estimated the slope of change in mean morphine equivalent (MME) daily dose over 12 months before death, considering linear and quadratic effects of time. We also estimated the main effects of age, sex, race, and ethnicity and their interactions with time on MME. A sensitivity analysis examined how excluding decedents who did not receive long-term (≥90 days) opioid therapy affected mean MME slopes. The secondary analysis explored differences according to toxicology results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 1,580 opioid-detected deaths, 179 decedents had prescribed opioids dispensed within 30 days preceding death. Decedents' mean age was 47.3 years (<i>SD</i> = 11.5), 65.5% were male, 81% were White non-Hispanic, 9.5% were Black non-Hispanic, and 9.5% were Hispanic. In the time-only model, linear (beta = 6.25, <i>p</i> < .01) and quadratic (beta = 0.49, <i>p</i> = .02) effects of time were positive, indicating exponentially increasing dose before death. Linear change in MME was significantly attenuated in men compared with women (beta = -4.87, <i>p</i> = .03); however, men were more likely to have nonprescription opioids in their toxicology results (<i>p</i> = .02). Sensitivity analysis results supported the primary findings.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Rapid dose increases in dispensed opioids may be associated with opioid-detected overdose deaths, especially among women.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":"815-819"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141075611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and non-fatal and fatal drug overdoses during COVID-19 among Veterans with opioid use disorder. 患有阿片类药物使用障碍的退伍军人在 COVID-19 期间的急诊就诊、住院治疗以及非致命和致命药物过量情况。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00184
Nicholas A Livingston, Amar D Mandavia, Anne N Banducci, Lauren B Loeffel, Rebecca Sistad Hall, Molly Maloney, Clara E Roth, Jennifer R Fonda, Michael Davenport, Frank Meng, Justeen Hyde, Michael Stein
{"title":"Emergency department visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and non-fatal and fatal drug overdoses during COVID-19 among Veterans with opioid use disorder.","authors":"Nicholas A Livingston, Amar D Mandavia, Anne N Banducci, Lauren B Loeffel, Rebecca Sistad Hall, Molly Maloney, Clara E Roth, Jennifer R Fonda, Michael Davenport, Frank Meng, Justeen Hyde, Michael Stein","doi":"10.15288/jsad.24-00184","DOIUrl":"10.15288/jsad.24-00184","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic had dramatic adverse impacts on people with opioid use disorder (OUD), as evidenced by significant disruptions to care and unprecedented increases in drug overdoses. In this study, we evaluated the impacts of COVID-19 on utilization of emergency and inpatient care, and fatal and non-fatal overdoses among veterans with OUD.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic medical record and mortality data to compare emergency department (ED) visits, inpatient hospitalizations, and fatal and non-fatal overdoses between a pandemic-exposed cohort of veterans with OUD observed both pre- and post-pandemic onset (<i>n</i> = 53,803; observed January 2019-March 2021) to a matched pre-pandemic control group (<i>n</i> = 53,803; observed October 2017-December 2019).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Compared to pre-pandemic trends, there were significant decreases in the odds of ED and inpatient admissions and total number of ED and inpatient admissions during COVID-19. There was a significant decrease in the odds of having a recorded non-fatal overdose. The odds of overdose death increased during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic trends.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We observed significant decreases in the utilization of ED and inpatient care services, and fewer non-fatal overdoses, post-pandemic onset. Healthcare disruptions limiting access to emergency and inpatient care could account for the lower number of recorded non-fatal overdoses, potentially reflecting an underestimate of risk. In contrast, fatal overdoses increased during the pandemic compared to pre-pandemic trends. Lower utilization of emergency and inpatient care, and higher rates of fatal overdoses during the pandemic, suggest an exacerbation of unmet treatment need post-pandemic onset.</p>","PeriodicalId":17159,"journal":{"name":"Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Is Delta-8-THC use associated with state-level cannabis policies? A content analysis from different jurisdictions in the United States. Delta-8-THC 的使用与州一级的大麻政策有关吗?美国不同辖区的内容分析。
IF 2.4 3区 医学
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-10-31 DOI: 10.15288/jsad.24-00297
Danielle Dawson, Ashley York, Fang-Yi Su, Wayne Hall, Carmen Lim, Daniel Stjepanović
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