探索调查方法来测量大麻花和缩产品的消费量
Jacob T Borodovsky1,2, Cara A Struble1, Mohammad I Habib1
1Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH, Lebanon.
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
|September 29, 2023
概括
测量大麻消费的"克"和"命中"之间的选择不会影响估计毫克THC (mgTHC) 的准确性. 一个简单的单项方法可以改善大麻产品的个性化mgTHC计算.
科学领域:
- 大麻研究 大麻研究
- 药物消费量测量方法 药物消费量测量方法
- 公共卫生调查 公共卫生调查
背景情况:
- 准确量化大麻使用对于风险益处评估至关重要.
- 目前用于测量大麻花和缩物量的现有调查方法尚未得到充分发展.
研究的目的:
- 评估"克"和"命中"作为衡量大麻花和缩量单位的有效性.
- 使用不同的测量单位和方法,评估计算毫克THC (mgTHC) 的准确性.
主要方法:
- 在2,381名参与者的在线调查中,评估了首选单位 (hits或grams),过去一周的消费量以hits和grams,以及产品THC百分比.
- 使用量子回归来比较偏好不同单位的子组之间的mgTHC.
- 个性化每次命中克比率 (GPHRs) 用"两项" (总克/总命中) 和"一项"方法 (估计命中消耗0.5g) 进行了检查.
主要成果:
- 喜欢gram的参与者报告了更高的消费 (hits和gram) 和更高的THC产品,导致与喜欢"hits"的人相比,中位数mgTHC估计值显著更高.
- 计算个性化GPHR的"两项"和"一项"方法产生了类似的结果,往往与通用GPHR有很大差异.
- 允许受访者选择他们喜欢的单位并没有影响mgTHC的估计.
结论:
- 受访者对"命中"或"克"的偏好不会对大麻消费调查中的mgTHC估计产生负面影响.
- 低负担,单项方法有效地捕获个性化的"击中大小",可能提高mgTHC估计的精度.
- 这些发现支持调查中的灵活单元选择,并突出了更准确的个人大麻剂量测量的有希望的方法.
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