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Predictors and prevention of nonfatal overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1998-1999.
Seal, K H; Kral, A H; Gee, L; Moore, L D; Bluthenthal, R N; Lorvick, J; Edlin, B R.
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  • Seal KH; Urban Health Study, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94110, USA. karens@itsa.ucsf.edu
Am J Public Health ; 91(11): 1842-6, 2001 Nov.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11684613
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine prevalence of and risk factors for nonfatal recent overdose among street-recruited injection heroin users. METHODS: From August 1998 through July 1999, 1427 heroin injectors were recruited from 6 inner-city neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area, Calif, and interviewed. Factors hypothesized to be associated with recent overdose were analyzed with logistic regression. RESULTS: Of the 1427 participants, 684 (48%) had had an overdose, 466 (33%) had experienced 2 or more overdose events, and 182 (13%) had had a recent overdose. In multiple logistic regression, being younger (adjusted odds ratio [OR] for each year of increasing age = 0.95; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.94, 0.97), having been arrested 3 or more times in the past year (adjusted OR = 2.50; 95% CI = 1.61, 3.87), drinking 4 or more alcoholic drinks per day (adjusted OR = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.37, 3.05), and having participated in methadone detoxification during the past year (adjusted OR = 1.47; 95% CI = 1.03, 2.09) were independently associated with recent overdose. Being homeless; identifying as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; having spent 5 or more years in prison or jail; and having engaged in sex work also were associated with recent overdose. CONCLUSIONS: Targeted interventions that decrease risk for overdose are urgently needed.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa / Heroína / Sobredosis de Droga Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Am J Public Health Año: 2001 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Abuso de Sustancias por Vía Intravenosa / Heroína / Sobredosis de Droga Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Am J Public Health Año: 2001 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos