青少年和年轻人的酒精和物质使用障碍的负担
Pojsakorn Danpanichkul1, Kwanjit Duangsonk2, Luis Antonio Díaz3
1Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Drug and alcohol dependence
|November 27, 2024
概括
青少年和年轻人面临着从药物使用障碍 (SUDs),特别是酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 的严重负担. 阿片类药物使用障碍正在增加,突出强调迫切需要针对性政策来减少这些伤害.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 药物使用障碍 (SUDs) 对全球可预防的残疾和死亡率做出了重大贡献.
- 青少年和年轻成年人 (AYA) 是一个人口统计学,在以后的生活中发展物质使用问题的风险更高.
研究的目的:
- 评估SUD和酒精相关伤害的全球负担,特别是在AYA (10-24岁) 中.
- 分析这一年龄组中SUD流行和影响的趋势和差异.
主要方法:
- 利用了2019年全球疾病负担研究的数据.
- 在AYA中评估了各种SUD和与酒精有关的伤害的流行率,发病率,丧失的生命年数,残疾生活年数和残疾调整的生命年数 (DALYs).
主要成果:
- 酒精使用障碍 (AUD) 是最常见的SUD (13.31万),其次是大麻 (10.69万) 和阿片类药物使用障碍 (4.27万).
- 从2010年到2019年,阿片类药物使用障碍的患病率和发病率增加,与许多其他SUDs的下降形成鲜明对比.
- 欧洲和美洲的SUD负担最高,社会人口指数 (SDI) 较高与负担增加相关. 男性的负担比女性更高.
- 在AYA中,酒精导致的死亡率主要与道路伤害,人际暴力和自我伤害有关.
结论:
- 包括AUD,大麻使用障碍,阿片类药物使用障碍和与酒精有关的伤害在内的SUD存在于AYA中.
- 紧急实施针对SUDs的有效政策对于减轻年轻人群中的这些伤害至关重要.
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