Changes in health outcomes as a function of abstinence and reduction in illicit psychoactive drug use: a prospective study in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To test (1) whether abstinence and reduction in illicit psychoactive drug use were associated with changes in health outcomes in primary care patients and (2) whether these associations varied by drug type.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial that tested a brief intervention for drug use in primary care patients (589 enrolled, 574 completed a 6-month assessment). Analyses were conducted overall and stratified by the most commonly self-identified main drugs (marijuana, cocaine and opioids).

Setting and participants

Patients who screened positive for illicit drug use at an urban primary care clinic in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Measurements

Differences in past-month main drug use at baseline and 6-month outcome were categori

SUBMITTER: Park TW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521992 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature