Measuring polysubstance use over the life course: implications for multilevel interventions.
Measuring polysubstance use over the life course: implications for multilevel interventions.
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测量生命过程中多物质的使用:对多层次干预的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/s2215-0366(19)30328-1
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2019
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Mauro,PiaM
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Philbin,MorganM;Mauro,PiaM
Non-medical use of prescription drugs, such as opioids, stimulants, and sedatives or tranquilisers, has increased substantially since 2000. 1 Compared to other age groups in the USA, young adults (aged 18–25 years) report the highest prevalence of non-medical use of prescription drugs in the past year (15· 3%), 2 binge drinking in the past month (36· 9%), 2 or illicit drug use in the past month (24· 2%). 2 Polysubstance use in the past year is also common in young adults, 3 which increases their risks for negative consequences, including substance use disorder and overdose. 4, 5 Although measuring polysubstance can be methodologically challenging, 3 latent variable approaches provide an opportunity to understand heterogeneous patterns of use.In their multicohort study in The Lancet Psychiatry, Sean McCabe and colleagues6 did a latent profile analysis to explore longitudinal patterns and drivers of young adults’ trajectories of non-medical use of prescription drugs and their relationship to polysubstance use from a life-course perspective. The authors followed up a US-based cohort (n= 51 223) from ages 18 years to 35 years and identified five trajectories based on the age of peak frequency of non-medical use of prescription drugs (prescription sedatives or tranquilisers, opioids, stimulants, or any non-medical use of prescription drugs). 6 Trajectories included “rare misuse”, which comprised approximately 75% of the sample, and four others differentiated by age of peak use from age 18 years to 35 years. Outcomes at age 35 years included substance use disorder, alcohol and cannabis use disorder, and opioid or other drug use disorders, which captured all substance use disorders besides alcohol and cannabis. Being in the four trajectories for non-medical use of prescription drugs other than the “rare misuse” trajectory was associated with reporting two or more substance use disorder symptoms at age 35 years: the strongest association was among individuals with later peaks (eg, ages 27–28 years; adjusted odds ratio 5· 08 [95% CI 4· 17–6· 19]; p< 0· 0001). Factors associated with a later peak age trajectory included substance use (alcohol, cigarettes, and cannabis use), white race, and not completing university.