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Prevalence of substance abuse among patients with physical diseases seen in an emergency room in Japan
(Prévalence de l'usage de drogue chez les patients avec une maladie physique, recensés dans un service d'urgences au Japon)
Auteur(s) :
HIRABAYASHI N. ;
WADA, K. ;
KIMURA T. ;
HIRABAYASHI E. ;
MISHIMA S. ;
YUKIOKA T. ;
HANAOKA T. ;
LIMORI M.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
398-404
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
20
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
American Journal on Addictions, 2004, 13, (4), 398-404
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
According to a nationwide general population survey on drug use in Japan, the lifetime prevalence of methamphetamine is low when compared to the United States. To confirm the hypothesis of a lower point prevalence of methamphetamine in an emergency room (ER) in Japan than in the United States,we collected bolldspecimens from an urban area of heavy methamphetamine prevalence in Tokyo, Japan, and analyzed the sera using REMEDi-HS based on an unlinked anonymity. Twenty kinds of drugs other than psychotropics were detected in 55 of 279 subjects (19.7%). Nineteen kinds of psychotropics were detected in twenty (7.2%) subjects. Psychotropics were detected in eleven patients with physical diseases and no acute intoxication. Methamphetamines were detected in three subjects (1.09%, 95% confidence interval 1.073 - 1.088) and in one of 46 subjects with injury (2.2%). It is necessary to look at the methodological differences between this study and previous studies; however, this finding supports the lower point prevalence of methamphetamine in an ER in Japan than in an ER in the United States. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8551. Email : hirabayancnpmusashi.gr.jp
Japon. Japan.
Japon. Japan.