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Background and Aims
Inadequate reporting of smoking cessation intervention trials is common and leads to significant challenges for researchers. The aim of this study was to tailor CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)‐SPI (Social and Psychological Interventions) guidelines to improve reporting of trials of behavioural interventions to promote smoking cessation.
Method
Informed by...
Background and aims
Sweden has experienced a substantial decrease in adolescent drinking over the past decades. Whether the reduction persists into early adulthood remains unclear. Using survey data, the present study aimed to determine whether reductions in indicators of alcohol use observed among adolescents remain in early adulthood and whether changes in alcohol intake are consistent among light/moderate...
Aims
To measure the independent consequences of community‐level armed conflict beatings on alcohol use disorders (AUD) among males in Nepal during and after the 2000–2006 conflict.
Design
A population‐representative panel study from Nepal, with precise measures of community‐level violent events and subsequent individual‐level AUD in males. Females were not included because of low AUD prevalence...
Background and aims
Direct‐acting antiviral (DAA) treatment has an established positive effect on liver outcomes in people with hepatitis C infection; however, there is insufficient evidence regarding its effects on the ‘extra‐hepatic’ outcomes of drug‐related hospitalization and mortality (DRM) among people who inject drugs (PWID). We investigated associations between these outcomes and DAA treatment...
Background and Aims
Heavy alcohol use and depression commonly co‐occur. However, health and social care services rarely provide coordinated support for these conditions. Using relational autonomy, which recognizes how social and economic contexts and relational support alter people's capacity for agency, this study aimed to (1) explore how people experience formal care provision for co‐occurring...
Background and Aims
There is currently no standard of care for pharmacological treatment of amphetamine‐type stimulant (ATS) use disorder (ATSUD). This systematic review with meta‐analysis (PROSPERO CRD42022354492) aimed to pool results from randomized placebo‐controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate efficacy and safety of prescription psychostimulants (PPs) for ATSUD.
Methods
Major indexing sources...
Background and Aims
Fathers' parental leave has been associated with decreased risks of alcohol‐related hospitalizations and mortality. Whether this is attributable to the health protections of parental leave itself (through stress reduction or behavioral changes) or to selection into leave uptake remains unclear, given that fathers are more likely to use leave if they are in better health. Using...
Aims
To measure the current trends of cannabis use in Germany, measure trends in the proportion of heavy cannabis users and estimate future cannabis use rates.
Design
Repeated waves of the Epidemiological Survey on Substance Abuse, a cross‐sectional survey conducted between 1995 and 2021 with a two‐stage participant selection strategy where respondents completed a survey on substance use delivered...
Background and aims
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is one of the strongest predictors of suicidal behavior. Here, we measured risk of suicide attempt and death as a function of AUD typologies.
Design
We used AUD typologies from previous latent class analysis: (i) externalizing subtype (characterized by externalizing symptomatology and early age of onset; individuals in this group have lower education...
Background and Aims
Poor substance use‐related health outcomes after release from prison are common. Identifying people at greatest risk of substance use and related harms post‐release would help to target support at those most in need. The Alcohol Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is a validated substance use screener, but its utility in predicting substance‐related hospitalisation...
Background and aims
Opioids are now the most cited class in fatal overdoses. However, the antidote for opioid overdose—naloxone—is not always readily available. Our aim was to evaluate the feasibility of naloxone transit via drone to provide rapid access at the point of care.
Methods and findings
Real‐world data pertaining to opioid overdoses, which occurred in the Teesside area of the UK 2015–2019,...
Background and aims
People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) often have co‐occurring psychiatric conditions. The association between psychiatric conditions and AUD relapse has not yet been fully explored. This study aimed to quantify different psychiatric comorbidities as risk factors for first and multiple AUD rehospitalizations in patients already hospitalized once for AUD.
Methods
We used a nation‐wide...
Background and Aims
Public health measures introduced to contain the spread of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus likely affected opioid supply and demand, as well as the patterns and contexts of opioid use. We measured opioid‐related harms during the first 2 years of COVID‐19 restrictions in Victoria, Australia.
Design
We adopted an interrupted time series analysis design using interventional autoregressive...
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