在使用者和非使用者的急诊室患者之间,对大麻使用的观点的比较
Catherine A Marco1, Lena Becker2, Matthew Egner2
1Penn State Health, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
The western journal of emergency medicine
|December 11, 2025
概括
紧急病房的患者对大麻的影响存在显著的知识差距,使用者比非使用者更不了解负面影响. 这凸显了对大麻使用的更好的公共卫生干预措施的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 大麻研究 大麻研究 大麻研究
- 患者教育 患者教育
背景情况:
- 大麻合法化正在增加,用于医疗和娱乐用途.
- 治疗应用包括慢性疼痛,性疾病,多发性硬化,焦虑和抑郁症.
- 了解患者知识对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在使用者和非使用者之间比较急诊室 (ED) 患者对大麻影响 (短期和长期) 的知识.
- 评估患者的观点和对大麻使用的知识.
- 告知公共卫生干预措施的发展.
主要方法:
- 在一个单一的学术医疗中心进行的前性调查研究.
- 包括在过去30天内使用大麻的成年ED患者 (≥18岁) 和非使用者的对照组.
- 使用专题分析来确定对大麻影响的知识.
主要成果:
- 169名参与者完成了调查,75.7%的人报告一生使用大麻.
- 使用的常见原因:焦虑 (40%),疼痛 (38%),娱乐 (37%),睡眠 (28%),抑郁 (20%).
- 与非使用者相比,大麻使用者对短期 (2.51/5 vs. 3.28/5) 和长期 (1.78/5 vs. 2.38/5) 负面影响的知识较低.
结论:
- 大麻被用于各种原因,包括焦虑,疼痛,娱乐,睡眠和抑郁症.
- 在ED患者中,特别是使用者中,存在关于大麻影响的重大知识差距.
- 大麻使用者不太可能正确识别短期和长期负面影响,这表明需要有针对性的教育.
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