Historique
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Homelessness and high-dosage buprenorphine misuse
(Etre sans-abri et mésusage de la buprénorphine à haut-dosage)
Auteur(s) :
BLANCHON, T. ;
BOISSONNAS, A. ;
VARESCON, I. ;
VIDAL-TRECAN, G.
Année :
2003
Page(s) :
429-442
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
26
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus mots-clés
SANS ABRI
;
ETUDE TRANSVERSALE
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
BUPRENORPHINE
;
MESUSAGE
Thésaurus géographique
FRANCE
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2003, 38, (3/6, N°Spécial), 429-442
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Aim. To determine whether intravenous drug users (IDUs) are more likely to misuse high dosage buprenorphine (HDB) if they are homeless. Design. We carried out a cross-sectional study using data collected from HDB users between 1998 and 1999. Data were collected by use of a structured questionnaire with questions about demographic characteristics, and use of HDB and other substances. IDUs were considered to be homeless if they did not live on their own or with their parents or friends. Setting. IDUs were recruited from three centers for the treatment of drug users, three health care networks, one prison, one sleep-in, and two centers that provide psychosocial support for IDUs. Participants. Of the 788 eligible patients, 779 answered the questionnaire (response rate: 98.9%). Results. Homeless IDUs were more likely to have injected HDB than those who were not homeless (67% vs. 47%; p
Affiliation :
Dépt. Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Cochin-Port Royal, 24 rue du Faubourg St Jacques, 75014 Paris. E-mail : gwenaelle.vidal-trecancochin.univ-paris5.fr
France. France.
France. France.