随着时间的推移,与幻觉剂相关的急诊室访问的变化在加拿大安大略省
Daniel T Myran1,2,3,4,5,6, Rachael MacDonald-Spracklin4,5, Alexander R Levesque7
1Department of Family and Community Medicine, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England)
|March 13, 2026
概括
在安大略省,2008年至2023年期间,因幻觉药物使用而访问急诊室的次数增加了一倍以上. 增幅在25至44岁的成年人和患有精神疾病的人群中最为显著,这突显了越来越多的公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
背景情况:
- 对幻觉剂日益增长的兴趣需要了解它们对健康的不利影响.
- 关于医疗保健利用与幻觉剂有关的问题的知识存在关键差距.
- 这项研究解决了有关涉及幻觉剂的急诊室 (ED) 访问数据的需求.
研究的目的:
- 检查与幻觉剂相关的ED访问率的趋势.
- 分析这些急救诊所的临床结果和患者特征.
- 为了确定与幻觉剂相关的ED访问变化相关的人口和临床因素.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种重复的横截面研究设计.
- 使用了来自加拿大安大略省 (2008-2023) 的卫生行政数据.
- 线性回归分析了ED访问率的年度变化,计算了年平均百分比变化 (AAPC).
主要成果:
- 涉及幻觉剂的ED访问从2008年到2023年增加了97.9% (3.3到6.5每10万).
- 访问人数每年平均增长5.6%,25至44岁的成年人以及焦虑症或精神分裂症患者的比例更高.
- 观察到高敏度,54%的人乘救护车到达,而13.2%的人需要住院治疗.
结论:
- 对幻觉剂的ED访问显著增加表明使用的潜在增加.
- 25-44岁的成年人和患有并发性精神健康状况的个人是监测的关键人群.
- 持续监测对于理解和管理幻觉剂使用对健康的影响至关重要.
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