Prescription stimulant misuse in a military population
| Autor: | Victoria J. Ganem, Shawn M. Varney, Jennifer N. Kennedy, Vikhyat S. Bebarta, Lee Ann Zarzabal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Prescription Drug Misuse Substance-Related Disorders Population Poison control Military medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention medicine Humans Prospective Studies Medical prescription Psychiatry education education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Emergency department medicine.disease Health Surveys United States Substance abuse Mental Health Military Personnel Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Central Nervous System Stimulants Female business |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 180 |
| ISSN: | 1930-613X |
| Popis: | Increased prescription drug misuse has been reported in veterans, yet there has not been a focused look at stimulant misuse in the military community or correlation with deployment injuries and illnesses. Our objective was to identify rates of stimulant misuse and any correlation with deployment in the military population.A prospective, anonymous institutional review board-approved survey in the emergency department waiting room of a military tertiary care hospital using a 12-item questionnaire created with fixed response and multiple-choice questions. Stimulant misuse was defined as taking more than prescribed, obtaining stimulants from others, and taking it for a nonprescribed reason. Proportions were assessed by Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test.26/498 (5%) of respondents reported misusing stimulants in the last 5 years. Misusers were more likely to have a mental health diagnosis, and they suffered either a deployment-related injury or another injury, as compared to those who used stimulants properly (p0.05). The stimulant misuse did not correlate with age, gender, active duty status, education, location of deployment, number of times deployed, traumatic brain injury diagnosis, or enlistment status.Stimulant drug misuse in the military community is associated with mental health conditions, deployment-related injuries, or new physical injuries. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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