R Kathryn McHugh1, Minh D Nguyen2, Elena H Chartoff3, Dawn E Sugarman3, Shelly F Greenfield3. 1. McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States. Electronic address: kmchugh@mclean.harvard.edu. 2. McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, United States. 3. McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA, 02478, United States; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse continue to evolve and have not been well characterized in recent years. Our objective was to investigate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse and use disorder in the US over the 5-year period from 2015 to 2019. METHODS: We used annual survey data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to estimate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse. We examined past-year opioid analgesic misuse initiation, opioid analgesic misuse, heroin use, opioid analgesic use disorder and heroin use disorder. Logistic regression models were used to test gender differences, adjusting for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: In adjusted analyses, women had higher odds of having initiated opioid analgesic misuse in the past year compared to men. In contrast, men had higher odds of misuse of opioid analgesics, heroin use, and an opioid analgesic or heroin use disorder. CONCLUSIONS: Although opioid misuse has historically been more prevalent in men, the gender difference in opioid analgesic misuse continues to narrow, with more women initiating misuse than men including higher rates of misuse in adolescent girls. Heroin use continues to be approximately twice as common in men as women.
OBJECTIVES: Gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse continue to evolve and have not been well characterized in recent years. Our objective was to investigate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse and use disorder in the US over the 5-year period from 2015 to 2019. METHODS: We used annual survey data from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to estimate gender differences in the prevalence of opioid misuse. We examined past-year opioid analgesic misuse initiation, opioid analgesic misuse, heroin use, opioid analgesic use disorder and heroin use disorder. Logistic regression models were used to test gender differences, adjusting for sociodemographic variables. RESULTS: In adjusted analyses, women had higher odds of having initiated opioid analgesic misuse in the past year compared to men. In contrast, men had higher odds of misuse of opioid analgesics, heroin use, and an opioid analgesic or heroin use disorder. CONCLUSIONS: Although opioid misuse has historically been more prevalent in men, the gender difference in opioid analgesic misuse continues to narrow, with more women initiating misuse than men including higher rates of misuse in adolescent girls. Heroin use continues to be approximately twice as common in men as women.
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