title: Days of heroin use predict poor self-reported health in hospitalized heroin users.
abstract: This study examined associations between substance use behaviors and self-reported health among hospitalized heroin users. Of the 112 participants, 53 (47%) reported good or better health. In multivariable logistic regression models, each day of heroin use in the last month was associated with an 8% lower odds of reporting health as good or better (OR=.92; 95% CI 0.87, 0.97, p<.05). Cocaine, cannabis, cigarettes, alcohol use, unintentional overdose, nor injection drug use was associated with health status.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
authors.forename: Lidia Z
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Meshesha
authors.forename: Judith I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Tsui
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Liebschutz
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crooks
authors.forename: Bradley J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Debra S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002047:Buprenorphine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D006304:Health Status; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058850:Opiate Substitution Treatment / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D014504:Urban Health
chemical_list: D002047:Buprenorphine; D009294:Narcotics
keywords: HRQOL; Health status; Heroin addiction; Overdose
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