Prevalence and patterns of opioid misuse and opioid use disorder among primary care patients who use tobacco.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current data suggest that opioid misuse or opioid use disorder (OUD) may be over represented among tobacco users. However, this association remains understudied in primary care settings. A better understanding of the extent of heterogeneity in opioid misuse among primary care patients who use tobacco may have implications for improved primary care-based screening, prevention, and intervention approaches.

Methods

Data were derived from a sample of 2000 adult (aged ≥18) primary care patients across 5 distinct clinics. Among past-year tobacco users (n = 882), we assessed the prevalence of opioid misuse and OUD by sociodemographic characteristics and past-year polysubstance use. Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify heterogeneous subgroups of tobacco users

SUBMITTER: John WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6329633 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature