Correlates of Non-fatal, Opioid Overdose among Women Who Use Opioids in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As opioid overdoses and deaths increase globally, little is known about these dimensions in Sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we explore factors associated with opioid overdose experiences among a sample of women who use opioids in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 200 women who use opioids in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, recruited via respondent-driven sampling. We fitted unadjusted and adjusted log-binomial regression models with robust standard errors to examine associations between participant characteristics and reporting ever had an opioid overdose in terms of prevalence ratios.

Results

Thirty-four percent (n = 68) of participants reported having ever had an opioid overdose. In the final adjusted model, having ev

SUBMITTER: Saleem HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7759029 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature