Assessment of Prescription Opioid Medical Use and Misuse Among Parents and Their Adolescent Offspring in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Limited information is available regarding the association between parental and adolescent medical prescription opioid use and misuse in the US.

Objective

To examine the associations between parental and adolescent prescription opioid medical use and misuse.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional, nationally representative study included 15 200 parent-adolescent dyads from the annual 2015-2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Data were collected from January 6, 2015, to December 20, 2017, and analyzed from October 4, 2019, to October 15, 2020.

Exposures

Parental past 12-month exclusive medical prescription opioid use and any misuse (ie, using without a prescription or in any way not directed by a physician).

Main outcomes an

SUBMITTER: Griesler PC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791357 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature