Head Injury and Substance Use in Young Adults
| Autor: | Lisa A. Kort-Butler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Substance-Related Disorders Medicine (miscellaneous) Poison control Binge drinking Marijuana Smoking Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Binge Drinking Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences Risk-Taking 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Injury prevention Craniocerebral Trauma Humans Medicine Young adult Prescription Drug Misuse 030505 public health business.industry Head injury Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human factors and ergonomics medicine.disease Health Surveys United States Psychiatry and Mental health Female Medical emergency 0305 other medical science business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Substance Use & Misuse. 52:1019-1026 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2491 1082-6084 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10826084.2016.1268632 |
| Popis: | Prior studies suggest a link between head injuries and substance use but do not routinely capture mechanisms connecting the two.The goal of the study was to explore whether past head injuries predicted current substance use among young adults, taking factors such as stress, self-esteem, temper, and risk-taking into consideration.Data were drawn from a web-based survey conducted in 2014 and 2015 at a public university in the United States (n = 897). Questions were asked about history of head injuries as well as past 12-month binge drinking, marijuana use, and prescription drug misuse. To evaluate the association between head injury and substance use, two logistic regression models were performed for each substance. Head injury was first regressed on the outcome, then related risk factors were entered into the models to determine whether they explained any association between injury and outcome.A history of multiple head injuries was associated with increased odds of bingeing, marijuana, and prescription drug use. Prior delinquency and risk-taking accounted for the associations with bingeing and marijuana use. Taking all variables into consideration, multiple head injuries were associated with greater odds for prescription drug misuse.Results suggest the need to give consideration to a range of concomitant variables when considering behavioral outcomes associated with head injury. Head injuries may be a marker of a constellation of risk-taking behaviors that contributes to substance use. For those with multiple injuries, misuse of prescription drugs may be an attempt to cope with lingering side effects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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