Concurrent and proximal associations among PTSD symptoms, prescription opioid use, and co-use of other substances: Results from a daily monitoring study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU) are linked. Much of the research documenting this association uses cross-sectional or longitudinal designs that describe patterns of use over extended intervals. The present study used a daily monitoring design to examine how daily fluctuations in PTSD symptoms predicted patterns of prescription opioid use (both medical and nonmedical) and co-use of other substances. This approach has distinct advantages for understanding proximal temporal relations between PTSD symptom variation and substance use patterns.

Method

Forty adults with clinical or subclinical PTSD and past-month NMPOU completed daily measures of PTSD symptoms, physical pain, prescription opioid use, and other substance

SUBMITTER: Badour CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10157500 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature