在罗德岛使用毒品的人群中,与使用芬太尼尔试卷相关的特征的探索性分析,2021-2023年
Menaka Naidu1, Jaejoon Shin2, Kristen St John2
1Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)
|March 10, 2026
概括
尽管在罗德岛使用毒品的人群中,芬太尼试验带 (FTS) 的使用仍然很低,尽管分布增加了. 未来的努力应该探索FTS采用的障碍,并将其与纳洛计划相结合.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 药物使用研究 药物使用研究
- 减少伤害 减少伤害
背景情况:
- 芬太尼过量死亡代表了美国严重的公共卫生危机.
- 罗德岛已经经历了芬太尼过量死亡的显著增加.
- 芬太尼试管条 (FTS) 是一种减少危害的工具,旨在帮助使用毒品的人 (PWUD) 检测其物质中的芬太尼.
研究的目的:
- 分析罗德岛州PWUD的FTS使用模式.
- 确定与FTS使用相关的人口和行为特征.
- 了解FTS在高风险人群中目前的吸收情况.
主要方法:
- 来自罗德岛减少危害监测系统 (2021-2023) 的汇总数据的综合横截面分析.
- 两变的皮尔森基平方测试被用来检查过去一个月的FTS使用与各种特征之间的关联.
- 由于未经调整的比较,探索性和产生假设的发现.
主要成果:
- 该研究包括498名受访者,其中大多数是男性,非西班牙裔白人,异性恋者,年龄在25-44岁之间.
- 经常使用的物质包括crack,可卡因和芬太尼/海洛因.
- 只有31.7%的个人报告在过去30天内使用FTS.
- 使用FTS显示出与年龄,种族/种族,目击过量服用,纳洛持有以及最近使用芬太尼/海洛因 (P < .05) 的显著关联.
结论:
- 罗德岛州的芬太尼尔试验带 (FTS) 吸收率很低,尽管进行了分发工作,并存在高剂量过量风险.
- 需要进一步的研究,以确定阻碍PWUD在PWUD中采用FTS的障碍.
- 将FTS分发与现有的纳洛计划相结合,可以改善吸收和减少危害的策略.
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