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Article de Périodique
Risk of overdose: do those who witness most overdoses also experience most overdoses? (2002)
(Risque d'overdose : les personnes témoins d'overdoses succombent-elles plus souvent d'overdoses ?)
Auteur(s) :
MAN L. ;
BEST, D. ;
GOSSOP, M. ;
NOBLE, A. ;
STRANG, J.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
136-140
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
34
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ROYAUME-UNI
Thésaurus mots-clés
SURDOSE
;
ENQUETE
;
METHADONE
;
MORTALITE
;
ALCOOL
;
OPIACES
;
CRACK
;
COCAINE
;
INJECTION
;
POPULATION A RISQUE
;
MEDICAMENTS
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE ANALYTIQUE
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Use, 2002, 7, (3), 136-140
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
One hundred and sixteen methadone maintenance clients were interviewed about experiences of personal and witnesses overdoses. Almost half (n=57.49%) had experiences 201 personal overdoses, 10 of whom (17.5%) had overdosed in the previous year. Over four-fifths of the sample (n=98.85%) had witnessed an overdose, and 35 had witnessed 109 fatalities. Categories were created to differentiate between those who had experienced high and low numbers of (1) personal, (2) witnessed non-fatal and (3) witnessed fatal overdoses. For personal overdose, the high-rate group had used alcohol more often. For witnessed non-fatal overdoses, the high-rate group had witnessed more non-fatal and fatal overdoses; and for fatal witnessed overdoses, the high-rate group had used crack cocaine more often and witnessed more non-fatal overdoses. An association was found between injecting and personal and witnessed non-fatal overdose. There is a "high-risk" group of drug users who experience most personal and witnessed overdoses. Overdoses are serious and frequent problems and appropriate interventions should be strengthened. (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
National Addiction Ctre, Addiction Sciences Building, 4 Windsor Walk, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom.
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