在西班牙接受阿片类药物成治疗的新患者
Jose Pulido1,2, Guadalupe Pastor-Moreno2,3,4, Juan Miguel Guerras2,5
1Public Health and Maternal Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Substance abuse : research and treatment
|July 10, 2023
概括
在西班牙,首次寻求阿片类药物治疗的人,称为事件,更经常是外国人,并且比以前接受过治疗的人 (流行) 晚开始使用. 事件还显示了更高的每日阿片类药物使用频率和寻求非海洛因阿片类药物治疗的增加.
科学领域:
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 在全球范围内,阿片类药物消费模式正在演变.
- 了解首次寻求治疗的人对于公共卫生监测至关重要.
- 几十年来,这组患者在西班牙没有被研究过.
研究的目的:
- 描述西班牙首次寻求治疗的阿片类药物使用者 (事件).
- 将发生病例的患者与具有先前治疗史 (流行) 的患者进行比较.
主要方法:
- 在马德里 (2017-2019) 公共成中心对3325名患者进行的横截面研究.
- 根据社会人口统计学和物质使用特征进行调整的两变量分析.
- 事件和流行患者群体之间的比较.
主要成果:
- 事件占患者的12.2%;他们更经常是外国人 (34.1%对19.1%),拥有更好的社交网络.
- 报告的事件中注射使用较少 (10.7% vs 16.8%),但每日使用频率较高 (75.8% vs 52.2%).
- 首次使用阿片类药物的年龄在事件中较高 (27岁对21.3岁),寻找非海洛因阿片类药物的增加 (15.5%对4.8%).
结论:
- 西班牙新寻求阿片类药物治疗的人表现出明显的特征,包括晚期开始和增加非海洛因阿片类药物使用.
- 这些发现与国际趋势一致,突出显示了不断变化的阿片类药物消费模式.
- 定期监测新患者个人资料对于早期检测消费变化至关重要.
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