The interdependence of substance use, satisfaction with life, and psychological distress: a dynamic structural equation model analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Longitudinal studies with annual follow-up including psychological and social variables in substance use disorder recovery are scarce. We investigated whether levels of substance use, satisfaction with life, and psychological distress fluctuate across five years in relation to having drug-free friends.

Methods

A prospective naturalistic cohort study of change trajectories in a cohort of people diagnosed with substance use disorder and using multiple substances with quarterly and annual follow-up over five years. Two-hundred-and-eight patients were recruited from substance use disorder treatment in Rogaland, Norway. Out of these, 164 participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria. We used Bayesian two-level dynamic structural equation modelling. The variable 'drug

SUBMITTER: Moe FD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10884273 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature