Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Individuals With a Substance Use Disorder: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There is limited evidence on colorectal cancer screening among individuals with a substance use disorder. This study aims to investigate the association between personal history of a substance use disorder and colorectal cancer colonoscopy screening completion rates.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study analyzed 176,300 patients, of whom 171,973 had no substance use disorder and 4,327 had a substance use disorder diagnosis from electronic health record data (January 1, 2008-December 31, 2022) in a Midwestern healthcare system. Baseline was January 1, 2013, and a 10-year follow-up period ran through December 31, 2022. The outcome was receipt of colonoscopy in the 10-year follow-up period. Patients were aged 50-65 years at baseline, meaning that they were eligi

SUBMITTER: Sonoda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11001631 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature