Predictors of participant engagement and naloxone utilization in a community-based naloxone distribution program.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To describe characteristics of participants and overdose reversals associated with a community-based naloxone distribution program and identify predictors of obtaining naloxone refills and using naloxone for overdose reversal.

Design

Bivariate statistical tests were used to compare characteristics of participants who obtained refills and reported overdose reversals versus those who did not. We fitted multiple logistic regression models to identify predictors of refills and reversals; zero-inflated multiple Poisson regression models were used to identify predictors of number of refills and reversals.

Setting

San Francisco, California, USA.

Participants

Naloxone program participants registered and reversals reported from 2010 to 2013.

Measurements

Bas

SUBMITTER: Rowe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503489 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature