Correlates of Recreational and Medicinal Cannabis Use Among Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Men with Chronic Conditions.
Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men experience disproportionately high rates of chronic conditions and may use cannabis to manage symptoms. However, cannabis use patterns and correlates in these populations remain underexplored. This study assessed individual and health-related correlates of current...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Community Health Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 1127 - 1137 |
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Jacobs, Wura Chung, Sunghyun Hassan, Arham Smith, Matthew Lee affil: https://ror.org/01f5ytq51 Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA https://ror.org/01f5ytq51 Center for Health Equity and Evaluation Research, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA https://ror.org/01e3m7079 School of Human Services, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA https://ror.org/03c4mmv16 LIFE Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada https://ror.org/02k40bc56 Department of Applied Health Science, School of Public Health, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA su: United States Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation African Americans Health status indicators Mental health Hispanic Americans Psychology of men Anxiety Chronic diseases Drug abuse Psychological stress Health equity Mental depression Medical marijuana Scale analysis (Psychology) Chronic pain T-test (Statistics) Research funding Statistical sampling Questionnaires Logistic regression analysis Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Odds ratio One-way analysis of variance Confidence intervals Data analysis software sug: subj: Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation African Americans Health status indicators Mental health Hispanic Americans Psychology of men Anxiety Chronic diseases Drug abuse Psychological stress Health equity Mental depression United States Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling All other miscellaneous crop farming Medical marijuana Scale analysis (Psychology) Chronic pain T-test (Statistics) Research funding Statistical sampling Questionnaires Logistic regression analysis Chi-squared test Descriptive statistics Odds ratio One-way analysis of variance Confidence intervals Data analysis software keyword: Black and hispanic men Cannabis use Chronic conditions Health inequities Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Sciences Public Health and Health Services Racial and ethnic disparities Substance use risk Black and hispanic men Cannabis use Chronic conditions Health inequities Medical and Health Sciences Clinical Sciences Public Health and Health Services Racial and ethnic disparities Substance use risk ab: Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men experience disproportionately high rates of chronic conditions and may use cannabis to manage symptoms. However, cannabis use patterns and correlates in these populations remain underexplored. This study assessed individual and health-related correlates of current (past 30-day) cannabis use among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men with chronic illness. Data were drawn from a national sample of 1,982 non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men aged ≥ 40 with at least one chronic condition. Participants completed measures of cannabis use, health perceptions, and diagnoses of conditions commonly associated with medicinal cannabis use: chronic pain, depression/anxiety, arthritis/rheumatic disease, and cancer. Logistic regression analyses examined associations between cannabis use, chronic conditions, pain, and stress, adjusting for sociodemographics. Participants had a mean age of 56.6 (± 10) years; 58.2% were non-Hispanic Black, and 21.3% reported current cannabis use. Use was significantly more common among those with chronic pain, depression/anxiety, and arthritis (p < 0.001 for all). In adjusted models, greater pain (AOR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.07–1.16, p < 0.001), higher stress (AOR = 1.06, 1.01–1.10, p < 0.05), and more chronic conditions (AOR = 1.23, 1.10–1.38, p < 0.001) were associated with increased odds of use. Among current users, those reporting both medicinal and recreational use used cannabis more frequently (p < 0.001). Cannabis use was higher among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic men with chronic conditions who reported greater pain, stress, and poorer physical and mental health. Dual medicinal and recreational use may signal increased cannabis-related health risks. Routine communication and monitoring of cannabis use are recommended to mitigate potential harms. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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