Tuesday, December 13, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the frequency of corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation in a methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) population, and to examine potential associations between this QTс interval and methadone dose as well as concurrent use of opiates, cocaine, and benzodiazepines. Design: Cross-sectional study of patients attending a specialist drug treatment clinic from July 2008 to January 2009. Setting: Single centre inner city specialist drug treatment clinic Ireland
Filed in Evidence Base, cocaine
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Also tagged cardiac-safety, cocaine, concurrent-use, daily-methadone, dose-as-well, drug-treatment, frequency, relatively-low, screen-results, study
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
ABSTRACT Aims There is a growing interest in very low rate ( < 1cpd) and light (1-9cpd) smokers and their numbers appear to be increasing in some parts of the world. This paper examined changes in prevalence over the past 5 years, cessation patterns, and smoking and demographic characteristics of very low rate, light and moderate-to-heavy (10+cpd) smokers in England. Design Cross-sectional and longitudinal data from aggregated monthly waves of a household survey: the Smoking Toolkit Study.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged cessation-less, demographic, enjoyed-smoking, heavier-smokers, light-smokers, numbers, over-the-past, prevalence-over, quit-as-heavier, quit-attempts, smoking, smoking-toolkit, socioeconomic, very-low
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Abstract Aim: To assess the short-term temporal relationship between emergency department (ED) attendances for acute alcohol problems and assaults reported to police. Design: Cross-sectional time series analysis. Setting: Population of New South Wales (NSW), Australia between 2003 and 2008
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged 100-attendances, 15-24-year-old, 15-24-year-olds, acute-alcohol, assault, australia, interest-aged, magnitude, police, public-hospital, relationship, south-wales, week-controlled, weekly-increase
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ABSTRACT Aims: Adolescents with substance use disorders (SUD) have difficulties with cognitive, behavioral and affective regulation. White matter (WM) disorganization has been observed in adolescents with SUD and may be related to psychological dysregulation. This study compared adolescents with SUD and control adolescents to investigate relationships among psychological dysregulation, WM disorganization, and SUD symptoms.
Abstract Aim Very little is known about the relationship between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and substance use disorders (SUD). Aim of the study is to compare the co-occurrence of OCD with SUD to the co-occurrence of SUD with other psychiatric disorders in a representative community sample. Design In order to examine the association of SUD and OCD logistic regression analysis were used generating odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for lifetime prevalence and 12-month prevalence
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged 12-months-odds, association, being-diagnosed, diagnostic, dutch, health, incidence-study, mental-health, netherlands, psychiatric, relationship, use-disorders, used-generating
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Abstract Aims: To investigate whether differences in gender-income equity at country level explain national differences in the links between alcohol use, and the combination of motherhood and paid labour.
ABSTRACT Aims To examine perceptions of risk related to type of cigarette brand. Design and setting Cross-sectional findings from wave 5 of the ITC Four Country Survey, conducted with nationally representative samples of smokers in 2006. Participants A total of 8243 current and former adult ( 18 years) smokers from Canada ( n = 2022), the United States ( n = 2034), the United Kingdom ( n = 2019) and Australia ( n = 2168).
ABSTRACT Aims To investigate the patterns of concurrent sexual partnerships among young opiate users and sexual transmissibility of HIV in concurrent sexual partnerships in drug-use and sexual networks.
Abstract Background. Methamphetamine (METH) abuse continues to be a major illicit drug of abuse. Neuroimaging findings suggest that METH is neurotoxic and may alter various brain structures, but the effect of METH on the aging brain has not been studied.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged abuse-continues, cortical-grey, frontal, interaction, methamphetamine, possibility, research, show-increased, showed-enhanced, showed-smaller, the-possibility, thirty-four, user-comparison, versus-healthy
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Abstract: Background: Russia faces a worsening IDU/HIV epidemic. This paper examines the social and economic characteristics of injecting drug users in two cities in Russia and compares this with the general population to explore their social and economic needs and the wider implications of the epidemic for the economy and society.Methods: A cross sectional survey of 711 IDUs in two Russian cities (Volgograd and Barnaul) recruited by a modified chain referral sampling method.
Filed in Evidence Base
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Also tagged economic-needs, education, financial-help, from-relatives, illegal-or-semi, income, life-style-make, modified-chain, monthly-income, russia, russian, skilled-manual, towns
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