在COVID-19期间一般人口中物质使用和滥用的趋势
Rajashree Shankar1, Vandana Bhattacharya1
1Department of Public Health, The National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, Baba Gang Nath Marg, New Delhi, 110064, India.
Addiction & health
|August 10, 2023
概括
随着COVID-19的流行,物质使用加剧了,大麻,甲和大雪茄是最常见的. 有效的预防策略对于打击全球不断上升的酒精,烟草和非法物质滥用至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 药物滥用研究 药物滥用研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行突出了重大的公共卫生挑战,包括增加物质使用和滥用.
- 患有物质使用障碍的人面临严重SARS-CoV-2感染的风险更高,并且体验到免疫,精神和身体健康受损.
- 尽管有预防工作,但烟草,酒精和非法物质的使用继续增加,导致大量的发病率,死亡率和社会经济成本.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间分析物质使用和滥用趋势.
- 为了确定常用的物质和与物质使用相关的人口结构模式.
- 强调加强预防药物滥用策略的必要性.
主要方法:
- 使用PubMed和谷歌学者进行了一项定量文献综述.
- 选择了27项符合条件的跨截面研究,涉及15岁及以上的个人.
- 分析了1,021,118名参与者的数据.
主要成果:
- 大麻 (100%),美沙 (69.86%) 和大雪茄 (60%) 是最常用的物质.
- 在报告的26种物质中,13种物质的使用趋势 (增加/减少/没有变化) 被观察到.
- 研究样本包括45.89%的男性,54.14%的女性和1.28%的其他人.
结论:
- 药物使用和滥用会影响所有人口和生活阶段的个人.
- 有效的,以社区为基础的预防策略对于打击药物滥用至关重要.
- 全球和当地利益关方的合作对于解决全球物质使用和滥用问题至关重要.
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