无情的增长和多元化:利用健康和退休研究来阐明美国老年人的大麻使用情况
Brian Kaskie1, Divya Bhagianadh2, Julie Bobitt3
1College of Public Health, Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
The Gerontologist
|February 24, 2024
概括
美国老年人中大麻使用量正在上升,有利的态度和州法律推动了这一趋势. 老年大麻使用者报告说,疼痛和限制更大,这表明它可以作为阿片类药物的替代品.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在50岁及以上的美国人中,大麻使用量正在增加.
- 社会对大麻的态度正在转变,大多数人现在持有有利的观点.
研究的目的:
- 为了检查老年美国人大麻使用的相关性.
- 确定大麻使用与健康状况,态度和医疗保健利用之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 利用了2018年健康与退休研究 (HRS) 大麻模块的数据.
- 分析了1372名50岁以上的个人使用多项回归的反应.
- 将2018年和2016年的HRS数据链接起来,以评估健康和服务使用的变化.
主要成果:
- 10.3%的美国老年人报告去年使用大麻.
- 积极的态度和居住状态与目前的大麻使用有关.
- 大麻使用者报告了更高的疼痛水平和活动限制,并且更有可能使用处方阿片类药物.
结论:
- 改变态度和州合法化是晚年大麻使用的关键因素.
- 在老年人中使用大麻需要注意,因为这可能是处方阿片类药物使用的潜在降低危害策略.
- 到2030年,预计50岁以上的人群使用大麻可能达到20%.
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