| Literature DB >> 25964404 |
Judith Bernstein1, Debbie M Cheng2, Na Wang3, Caitlin Trilla4, Jeffrey Samet4, Richard Saitz5.
Abstract
Should recreational drug use raise clinical concern? We examined the association between weekend-only recreational drug use at baseline (yes vs no) and any increase in recreational drug use frequency or severity over 6 months among primary care patients who screen positive for drug use. In the weekend-only recreational drug use group (52/483 [10.8%]), 54% (28/52) started using drugs on weekdays. Compared with use not limited to weekends, weekend-only use was associated with lower odds of increasing drug use frequency (AOR 0.48, P = 0.03) and lower odds (non-significant) of increasing severity (AOR 0.56, P = 0.07). Although weekend-only recreational drug use appears prognostically less severe, the findings nonetheless suggest that continued episodic monitoring may be clinically wise.Entities:
Keywords: consequences of drug use; days of drug use; drug severity; primary care; recreational drug use
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25964404 PMCID: PMC4427421 DOI: 10.1370/afm.1750
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Fam Med ISSN: 1544-1709 Impact factor: 5.166