Estimating prevalence of problem drug use at national level in countries of the European Union and Norway.
OBJECTIVES: This paper will present the most recent estimates for problematic drug use in European Member States and explore the problems of comparability. METHODS: Estimates of problematic drug use, derived according to agreed guidelines, were collected from all EU countries and Norway. Methods inc...
| Publicado en: | Addiction Vol. 98; no. 4; pp. 471 - 486 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Apr2003
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106846846&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106846846 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 09652140 AIO jtl: Addiction issn: 09652140 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Apr2003 vid: 98 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 106846846 106846846 2003091909 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00326.x NLM12653817 106846846 ppf: 471 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Estimating prevalence of problem drug use at national level in countries of the European Union and Norway. aug: au: Kraus L Augustin R Frischer M Kümmler P Uhl A Wiessing L sug: subj: Substance Abuse Epidemiology Substance Abuse Epidemiology Funding Source Street Drugs European Union Norway Prevalence Substance Abuse Mortality Data Collection Methods Adolescence Adult Middle Age Substance Abuse Legislation and Jurisprudence Substance Abuse Therapy Police Confidence Intervals Incidence Registries, Disease HIV-Positive Persons Geographic Factors Research Methodology Study Design Epidemiological Research Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years ab: OBJECTIVES: This paper will present the most recent estimates for problematic drug use in European Member States and explore the problems of comparability. METHODS: Estimates of problematic drug use, derived according to agreed guidelines, were collected from all EU countries and Norway. Methods included multipliers based on treatment, police, mortality or AIDS/HIV data, the capture-recapture method and the multivariate indicator method. Prevalence estimates were transformed into rates per 1000 population aged 15-64 years. RESULTS: Target populations varied according to data selection. Estimates for six partially overlapping types of drug use could be identified: 'problem opiate use', 'problem opiate or cocaine use', 'problem amphetamine or opiate use', 'problem drug use', '(current) injecting' and 'life-time injecting'. Rates of injectors ranged from 2.6 in Germany to 4.8 in Luxembourg; rates in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Portugal and the United Kingdom fell within this range. For problem opiate use, a group of high prevalence countries were found with average rates exceeding six cases (Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom) and a group with lower prevalence with average rates close to three cases (Austria, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands). Rates obtained for France (problem opiate or cocaine use), Finland and Sweden (problem amphetamine or opiate use) are not directly comparable and fall between these rates. CONCLUSIONS: Cross-national comparisons should be made with care and estimated target populations may vary greatly between countries. For estimating various forms of problem drug use at national level, a multi-method approach is recommended. (c) 2003 Society for the Study of Addiction to Alcohol and Other Drugs. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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