Titre : | Crack-cocaine injection : a retrospective analysis of clients in Merseyside specialist drug treatment agencies |
Titre traduit : | (Injection de cocaïne-crack : analyse retrospective des patients de centres de traitement de la drogue à Merseyside) |
Auteurs : | H. R. SUMNALL ; M. A. BELLIS ; J. C. COLE ; J. McVEIGH |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2005 |
Format : | 213-221 / tabl. ; graph. |
Note générale : |
Drugs Education, Prevention and Policy, 2005, 12, (3), 213-221 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés COCAINE ; CRACK ; INJECTION ; HISTOIRE ; COMPORTEMENT ; TYPE D'USAGE ; ETUDE RETROSPECTIVE ; CSSTThésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNI |
Résumé : |
ENGLISH : Aims: Drugs intelligence systems in Merseyside have identified a growing number of treatment-seeking clients who express a preference for injecting crack cocaine. We investigated the history of crack-cocaine injecting behaviours in individuals attending Merseyside drug-treatment agencies. Methods: Data were drawn from the regional National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) database for all those individuals reported to have presented for structured treatment from 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2002 in Merseyside. This resulted in a sample size of 4055. Subjects were grouped according to whether they reported injection of crack cocaine. Details including demographics, current drug-use profile and behaviours surrounding drug use were derived from the NDTMS dataset. Prevalence ratios were calculated and significant variables were subsequently entered into a backwards stepwise logistic regression model to assess the relative strength of association between subject characteristics and incidences of crack-cocaine injection. Findings: Clients that had injected crack cocaine and those that had not were well matched on demographic details and drug use other than heroin. Controlling for area of residence, crack-cocaine injectors were more likely to report use of injected heroin (p |
Note de contenu : | tabl. ; graph. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 24 |
Affiliation : |
Centre Pub. Hlth, 8 Marybone, Liverpool J. Moores Univ., Liverpool L3 2AP, h.sumnalllivjm.ac.uk Royaume-Uni. United Kingdom. |
Numéro Toxibase : | 1101382 |
Centre Emetteur : | 11 SEDAP |
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