Adolescent Opioid Misuse Attributable to Adverse Childhood Experiences.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the proportion of opioid misuse attributable to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among adolescents.

Study design

A cross-sectional survey was administered to 10 546 seventh-to twelfth-grade students in northeastern Ohio in Spring 2018. Study measures included self-reported lifetime exposure to 10 ACEs and past 30-day use of nonmedical prescription opioid or heroin. Using generalized estimating equations, we evaluated associations between recent opioid misuse, individual ACEs, and cumulative number of ACEs. We calculated population attributable fractions to determine the proportion of adolescents' recent opioid misuse attributable to ACEs.

Results

Nearly 1 in 50 adolescents reported opioid misuse within 30 days (1.9%); approximately 60% of yo

SUBMITTER: Swedo EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8253221 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature