Perceptions of COVID-19 risk during the pandemic: perspectives from people seeking medication for opioid use disorder.
Perceptions of COVID-19 risk during the pandemic: perspectives from people seeking medication for opioid use disorder.
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对大流行期间的Covid-19风险的看法:寻求阿片类药物使用障碍药物的人们的观点。
DOI:
10.1080/07853890.2023.2169342
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发表时间:
2023-12
影响因子:
4.4
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating consequences for persons with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet, little is known about how people seeking treatment for OUD perceive the risks of COVID-19 and how their perception interplays with their health behaviours. In-depth interviews were conducted from September 2021 to March 2022 with 32 patients seeking medication treatment for OUD (MOUD) in Southern California. All interviews were conducted virtually and lasted between one and two hours. Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim. Two qualitative researchers independently conducted a content analysis of the transcripts to identify themes. Three primary themes were identified: (1) perceptions and beliefs about COVID-19 susceptibility and severity; (2) perceptions of COVID-19 risk compared to substance use behaviours; and (3) vaccine hesitancy. Participants were mixed in their beliefs of susceptibility to contracting COVID-19 and the severity of the disease if contracted. Some participants reported taking precautions to mitigate their chances of acquiring COVID-19, and other participants reported that COVID was not a big concern as substance use took priority. For many of the participants, COVID-19 concerns were overshadowed by the risk of overdosing on substances and other risky substance use behaviour. Most of the participants (n = 23; 72%) had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine by the time of the interview, but over half (n = 19; 59%) expressed vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy was driven by concerns about the unknown long-term side effects and potential interactions of the vaccine with MOUD. Participants expressed diverse perceptions of the seriousness of COVID-19, with some taking precautions to mitigate their chances of acquiring COVID-19 and others perceiving that the risk of contracting COVID-19 was less than the risk of overdosing. Substance use, social isolation, vaccine hesitancy and COVID-19 risk behaviours should be studied as co-occurring phenomena that have potentially overlapping relationships that can influence behaviours that impact health and well-being. Our study provides insight into COVID-19 prevention measures as well as vaccination perceptions and hesitancy among people who received treatment for OUD.
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影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Hsieh, HF;Shannon, SE
通讯作者:
Shannon, SE
DOI:
10.1001/jama.2021.1169
发表时间:
2021-03-23
期刊:
JAMA
影响因子:
--
作者:
Baldwin GT;Seth P;Noonan RK
通讯作者:
Noonan RK
影响因子:
4.2
作者:
Christie NC
通讯作者:
Christie NC
影响因子:
39.2
作者:
Fisher, Kimberly A.;Bloomstone, Sarah J.;Mazor, Kathleen M.
通讯作者:
Mazor, Kathleen M.
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Horigian, Viviana E.;Schmidt, Renae D.;Feaster, Daniel J.
通讯作者:
Feaster, Daniel J.