All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with regular or problematic cocaine use: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To estimate pooled all-cause and cause-specific mortality risk for people with regular or problematic cocaine use.

Methods

Systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective or retrospective cohort studies or clinical trials (n ≥30) of people with regular or problematic cocaine use with data on all-cause or cause-specific mortality. Of 2808 papers, 28 were eligible and reported on 21 cohorts, with a total 170 019 individuals. Cohorts identified based on acute care for drug poisoning or other severe health presentation were excluded. Title/abstract screening was conducted by one reviewer; a second reviewer independently checked 10% of excluded studies. Two reviewers conducted full-text screening. Data were extracted by one reviewer and checked by a second. A customized r

SUBMITTER: Peacock A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914269 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature