Historique
Périodique
Mortality of opiate users in Vienna, Austria
(Mortalité chez les usagers d'opiacés à Vienne, Autriche)
Auteur(s) :
RISSER, D. ;
HÖNIGSCHNABL S. ;
STICHENWIRTH, M. ;
PFUDL S. ;
SEBALD, D. ;
KAFF A. ;
BAUER, G.
Année
2001
Page(s) :
251-256
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
24
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHADONE
;
TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE
;
SURDOSE
;
URGENCE
;
MORTALITE
;
COMPARAISON
;
ETUDE RETROSPECTIVE
Thésaurus géographique
AUTRICHE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2001, 64, (3), 251-256
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in overall and cause-specific mortality rates of opiate users in maintenance treatment and of opiate users not in any drug treatment program in Vienna, Austria. A cohort of opiate-users enrolled in maintenance treatment in Vienna and a cohort of individuals involved in opiate-related emergencies from 1995 to 1997 were retrospectively analyzed. The standardized mortality rate of opiate-users enrolled in maintenance treatment was 12.1 and that of individuals involved in opiate-related emergencies was 48.8. Excess mortality was found for all categories for both groups. In the face of the extremely high excess mortality of opiate users involved in opiate-related emergencies, measures have to be taken to get these individuals in drug treatment programs as soon as possible. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Inst. Forensic Med. Univ. Vienna, Sensengasse 2, 1090 Vienna
Autriche. Austria.
Autriche. Austria.