Substance use and symptoms of mental health disorders: a prospective cohort of patients with severe substance use disorders in Norway.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is high co-occurrence of substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health disorders. We aimed to assess impact of substance use patterns and sociodemographic factors on mental health distress using the ten-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL-10) over time.

Methods

Nested prospective cohort study of 707 participants with severe SUD across nine opioid-agonist-therapy outpatient clinics and low-threshold municipality clinics in Norway, during 2017-2020. Descriptive statistics were derived at baseline and reported by means and standard deviation (SD). A linear mixed model analysis was used to assess the impact of substance use patterns and sociodemographic factors on SCL-10 sum score with beta coefficients with 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Results

Mean (

SUBMITTER: Aas CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7912462 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature