Identification and Assessment of Drug-User Groups Among Nightlife Attendees: Self-Reports, Breathalyzer-Tests and Oral Fluid Drug Tests.
Background and Objectives: Even though nightlife studies with potentially intoxicated participants provide the much needed information on drug use, they face additional methodological challenges. This study aimed to explore the utility of such studies by (i) classifying nightlife attendees based on...
| Publicado en: | European Addiction Research Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 93 - 103 |
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Karger AG
Apr2019
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=135036812&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 135036812 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10226877 NIJ jtl: European Addiction Research issn: 10226877 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2019 vid: 25 iid: 2 pid: 2485 pub: Karger AG artinfo: ui: 135036812 135036812 146770391 NLM30783038 135036812 10.1159/000497318 NLM30783038 135036812 ppf: 93 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Identification and Assessment of Drug-User Groups Among Nightlife Attendees: Self-Reports, Breathalyzer-Tests and Oral Fluid Drug Tests. aug: au: Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line Burdzovic Andreas, Jasmina Gjersing, Linn Øiestad, Elisabeth Leere Gjerde, Hallvard Bretteville-Jensen, Anne Line Burdzovic Andreas, Jasmina Øiestad, Elisabeth Leere affil: Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway sug: subj: Substance Abuse Detection Methods Persons with Substance Use Disorders Statistics and Numerical Data Self Report Breath Tests Alcohol Drinking Saliva Metabolism Leisure Activities Adolescence Female Persons with Substance Use Disorders Classification Male Adult Young Adult Norway Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Female Male ab: Background and Objectives: Even though nightlife studies with potentially intoxicated participants provide the much needed information on drug use, they face additional methodological challenges. This study aimed to explore the utility of such studies by (i) classifying nightlife attendees based on their self-reported drug use and by (ii) examining whether these classifications were meaningful when assessed against other sources of data, including oral fluid drug tests.Methods: Self-reported questionnaires, oral fluid samples and blood alcohol concentration readings were collected in a sample of 1,085 nightlife patrons recruited outside 12 popular nightclubs in Oslo, Norway, in 2014. Patrons were classified using multiple approaches, including latent class analysis. Group differences were examined by logistic regression models.Results: Participants were classified into 5 mutually exclusive groups: 2 among current non-users ("Never-users"; "Previous users"), 2 among current users ("Multiple drugs"; "Cannabis mainly") and one "Incomplete information" group. Meaningful differences across these groups were observed. For instance, positive tests for any illicit drug were more common in "Multiple drugs" group than in "Cannabis mainly" (62.7 vs. 29.1%, adjusted OR [aOR] 3.77 [2.42-5.84]) or "Incomplete information" groups (62.7 vs. 34.4%, aOR 2.46 [1.26-4.79]). Despite their self-declared non-use, illicit substances were detected in oral fluids of "Never-users" (13.1%; 95% CI 9.9-17.2) and "Previous users" (7.9%; 95% CI 5.1-12.1).Conclusions: Despite some discrepancies between self-reports and biological tests, self-reports proved both suitable and useful in identification of substantively different drug-user typologies, potentially informing targeted policy responses. Still, methodological challenges associated with onsite studies of illicit drug use should be further explored. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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