甲胺使用实践,动机和感知到的好处和风险:探索男性和女性之间的差异
Madeline Hooten1, Sydney Silverstein2, Raminta Daniulaityte1
1College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, United States.
Journal of psychoactive drugs
|March 14, 2025
概括
这项研究揭示了甲基胺使用动机和感知风险的性别差异. 女性更频繁地报告使用甲基胺戒除阿片类药物,减肥或自我治疗ADHD,并认为风险更大.
科学领域:
- 成研究 研究成研究
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
背景情况:
- 甲基胺的使用是美国日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 了解甲基胺使用的性别差异对于开发有效的干预措施至关重要.
- 以前的研究还没有完全阐明与男性和女性之间使用甲基胺相关的细微态度和做法.
研究的目的:
- 探索和确定围绕使用甲基胺的态度和做法中的显著性别差异.
- 为了比较男性和女性参与者的甲基胺使用动机.
- 分析不同性别报告的甲基胺使用的感知益处和风险.
主要方法:
- 在2019年12月至2021年11月期间,俄俄州戴顿进行了一项研究.
- 招募了91名参与者,使用双变体分析来确定性别差异.
- 收集的数据包括人口统计,开始使用的年龄,使用原因,感知到的好处和感知到的风险.
主要成果:
- 女性比男性更有可能报告使用甲胺戒除阿片类药物 (60.4%vs39.5%),减肥 (35.4%vs14.0%) 和自我治疗ADHD症状 (43.8%vs16.3%).
- 女性更有可能将提高生产力视为好处 (81.3%与48.8%相比),并报告了更高的感知风险率,包括抑郁症,皮肤问题,侵略性,艾滋病毒/艾滋病风险,牙科问题,芬太尼暴露和过量风险.
- 开始使用甲基的年龄在两性之间是相似的 (男性:31.7岁;女性:29.3岁).
结论:
- 在使用甲基胺的动机和感知后果方面存在显著的基于性别的差异.
- 女性报告使用的不同原因,包括自我治疗和阿片类药物戒断,并与男性相比,感知到更广泛的风险.
- 这些发现强调了在甲基胺使用预防和治疗计划中需要基于性别的战略.
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