在吸烟者中使用大麻的普遍性 吸烟者和被安排为肺癌查的人群中使用大麻的普遍性
Rachel L Rosen1, Joanna M Streck2, Lucy Finkelstein-Fox3
1Tobacco Research and Treatment Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
|December 3, 2025
概括
在接受肺癌查 (LCS) 的老年人中,大麻使用很常见. 这种患病率凸显了LCS作为解决该人口中大麻和烟草使用问题的关键机会.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
背景情况:
- 在老年人和吸烟者中,大麻使用量正在上升.
- 关于50-80岁成年人接受肺癌查 (LCS) 的大麻使用率的数据有限.
- 这项研究探讨了大麻使用在这个特定的人口群体中的流行率和相关性.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定大麻使用在50-80岁的成年人肺癌高风险中大麻使用的普遍性.
- 确定与该人口中的大麻使用相关的人口和心理因素.
- 了解在接受LCS的个体中,大麻和烟草的共同使用.
主要方法:
- 来自一项随机试验 (2019-2023) 的数据的二次分析,该试验将戒烟与LCS结合起来.
- 包括638名年龄在50-80岁的患者,他们在过去30天内吸烟,并计划进行LCS.
- 描述大麻使用的流行率和相关的人口统计/心理因素.
主要成果:
- 19%的样本报告在基线同时使用大麻.
- 大麻使用与年龄较小,男性性别,非白人以及更高的抑郁症症状得分有关.
- 两变量分析显示,大麻使用与这些因素之间存在显著的关联.
结论:
- 大麻使用在50-80岁的成年人中普遍存在,他们吸烟,并计划参加LCS.
- 肺癌查为评估和干预大麻和烟草使用提供了一个关键的窗口.
- 进一步的研究可以探索为同时出现的物质使用量化干预措施.
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