在美洲的COVID-19大流行期间的物质使用:一个范围审查
Zila M Sanchez1, Juliana Y Valente1, Miguel Henrique da Silva Dos Santos1
1Department of Preventive Medicine, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Substance use & addiction journal
|October 21, 2025
概括
COVID-19大流行加剧了美洲弱势群体的物质使用问题,增加了患有先前疾病的人的风险,而普通人群显示出不同的消费模式. 这导致了更广泛的健康差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 药物使用研究研究 药物使用研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行影响了美洲的物质使用,通过社会隔离,压力和医疗保健中断.
- 在健康危机期间,弱势群体面临着更严重的物质使用挑战.
- 对物质使用和疾病的影响在不同人群中各不相同.
研究的目的:
- 描述COVID-19大流行对美洲物质使用和物质使用障碍的影响.
- 分析疫情如何影响消费模式和治疗准入.
- 为了确定与大流行有关的物质使用结果的差异.
主要方法:
- 进行了科学文献的范围审查.
- 在四个主要数据库中进行了搜索:Pubmed,Scielo,Lilacs和Google Scholar.
- 使用了与物质使用和美洲COVID-19大流行相关的关键词.
主要成果:
- 大多数研究起源于美国和加拿大,大流行初期.
- 一般人口大麻使用量下降或保持稳定;然而,以前使用的人增加了消费以应对压力.
- 与阿片类药物和过量服用相关的死亡人数上升,特别是在少数群体中,而治疗访问和面对面服务下降,转向远程医疗和带回家药物.
结论:
- 疫情加剧了脆弱人群中的物质使用,特别是那些有心理健康状况或先前使用物质障碍的人群.
- 在弱势群体和普通人群之间观察到影响的显著差异.
- 这些发现表明,由于与大流行有关的物质使用趋势,健康差异正在扩大.
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