Correlates of overdose risk perception among illicit opioid users.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Opioid-related mortality continues to increase in the United States. The current study assesses demographic and behavioral predictors of perceived overdose risk among individuals who use opioids illicitly. By examining these correlates in the context of established overdose risk factors, we aim to assess whether characteristics and behaviors that have been associated with actual overdose risk translate to higher perception of risk.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 172 adult illicit opioid users in San Francisco, CA and used multivariable logistic regression to identify predictors of perception of high risk for opioid overdose.

Results

Age (aOR=0.96, 95%CI=0.93-1.00) and number of injection days per month (0.91, 0.86-0.97) were associated wit

SUBMITTER: Rowe C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734628 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature