Drug use trajectories among U.S. adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: This study characterized the prevalence, sociodemographic characteristics, and behavioral health of U.S. adult subpopulations with distinct drug use trajectories during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Adult respondents (n = 8306) in a nationally-representative longitudinal study completed 13 monthly web surveys (March 2020-March 2021). Frequency of past-week drug use, cannabis use, and alcohol use (range:0-7), as well as anxiety and depressive symptoms, were assessed at each survey. Growth mixture models were used to parse out distinct subpopulations with homogenous drug use trajectories based on mean drug use days over time. Four drug use trajectories were identified: Stable Abstinence (85.7% [95%CI = 85.0-86.5] of the sample) with <1 mean past-week drug use days; Escalating I

SUBMITTER: Riehm KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9339074 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature