Opioid use at the transition to emerging adulthood: A latent class analysis of non-medical use of prescription opioids and heroin use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although rates of nonmedical opioid use are highest in late adolescence and emerging adulthood, efforts to understand the extent of the heterogeneity in opioid misuse during this time have been limited. The current study aimed to derive and define typologies of opioid use in high school students at the onset of emerging adulthood.

Methods

Survey responses from a statewide sample of high school students aged 18 and 19 (N = 26,223) were analyzed. Group-based comparisons between participants reporting opioid use and those not reporting opioid use were conducted. Among those reporting opioid use (n = 1,636), we conducted a latent class analysis (LCA) to identify heterogeneous subgroups of opioid users on the basis of non-medical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) and

SUBMITTER: Barton AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12475980 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature