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Article de Périodique
Suspected causal association between cocaine use and occurrence of panic (2010)
Auteur(s) :
ALVARADO, G. F. ;
STORR, C. L. ;
ANTHONY, J. C.
Année
2010
Page(s) :
1019-1032
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PSY (Psychopathologie / Psychopathology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
COCAINE
;
PANIQUE
;
JEUNE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
ETUDE CAS-TEMOINS
Résumé :
AIM: To estimate a suspected causal association between cocaine use and the occurrence of panic.
METHODS: Data are from an epidemiologic sample of school-attending youths enrolled in primary school who were traced, rerecruited, and assessed via standardized interviews in young adulthood during 2000-2002. A total of 1,692 young adults comprised the analysis sample. Occurrences of panic and cocaine use were assessed in young adulthood, via standardized item sets from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. A brief assessment of panic experiences had also been made when the youths were in early adolescence.
RESULTS: With statistical adjustment for important covariates, we found a modestly excess occurrence of panic attack-like experiences among those who had used cocaine at least once, relative to occurrence among young people who never had used cocaine (estimated odds ratio, OR = 1.9; p = .014 before exclusion of 288 with early onset panic attack-like experiences; p = .005 after this exclusion).
DISCUSSION: The main finding of this study was an association linking cocaine use and panic attack-like experiences, which was more modest than was observed in study samples that included older adults.
METHODS: Data are from an epidemiologic sample of school-attending youths enrolled in primary school who were traced, rerecruited, and assessed via standardized interviews in young adulthood during 2000-2002. A total of 1,692 young adults comprised the analysis sample. Occurrences of panic and cocaine use were assessed in young adulthood, via standardized item sets from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule. A brief assessment of panic experiences had also been made when the youths were in early adolescence.
RESULTS: With statistical adjustment for important covariates, we found a modestly excess occurrence of panic attack-like experiences among those who had used cocaine at least once, relative to occurrence among young people who never had used cocaine (estimated odds ratio, OR = 1.9; p = .014 before exclusion of 288 with early onset panic attack-like experiences; p = .005 after this exclusion).
DISCUSSION: The main finding of this study was an association linking cocaine use and panic attack-like experiences, which was more modest than was observed in study samples that included older adults.
Affiliation :
Facultad de Salud Publica, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru