Longitudinal trajectories of substance use disorder treatment use: A latent class growth analysis using a national cohort in Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Longitudinal studies have revealed that substance use treatment use is often recurrent among patients; the longitudinal patterns and characteristics of those treatment trajectories have received less attention, particularly in the global south. This study aimed to disentangle heterogeneity in treatment use among adult patients in Chile by identifying distinct treatment trajectory groups and factors associated with them.

Design

National-level registry-based retrospective cohort.

Setting and participants

Adults admitted to publicly funded substance use disorder treatment programs in Chile from November 2009 to November 2010 and followed for 9 years (n = 6266).

Measurements

Monthly treatment use; type of treatment; ownership of the treatment ce

SUBMITTER: Borquez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11766828 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature