Socioeconomic marginalization and risk of overdose in a community-recruited cohort of people who use drugs: A longitudinal analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poverty and socioeconomic disadvantage are important contributors to drug-related harm, but their precise role in overdose risk remains poorly understood. We sought to examine linkages between socioeconomic marginalization and non-fatal overdose risk in a community deeply affected by the ongoing drug poisoning crisis.

Methods

This observational study used data derived from two community-recruited prospective cohorts of people who use drugs (PWUD) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to assess longitudinal associations between multiple dimensions of socioeconomic disadvantage and self-reported non-fatal overdose.

Results

Between 2014 and 2020, 1,493 participants (38.2% women; 59.6% white; 35.7% Indigenous)

SUBMITTER: Mitra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842635 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature