scholarly journals Validation of the Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10): A study on illicit drug use among Chinese pregnant women

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lap Po Lam ◽  
Wing Cheong Leung ◽  
Patrick Ip ◽  
Chun Bong Chow ◽  
Mei Fung Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Drug Abuse Screening Test

scholarly journals Recognizing illicit drug use by pregnant women: reports from Oregon birth attendants.

1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Slutsker ◽  
R Smith ◽  
G Higginson ◽  
D Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Birth Attendants

scholarly journals Adverse childhood experiences are associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women with middle to high socioeconomic status: Findings from the All Our Families Cohort

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Currie ◽  
Suzanne C Tough
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Impact ◽  
In Pregnancy

Abstract Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women who are socioeconomically vulnerable. While it is assumed that the impact of ACEs on illicit drug use in pregnancy is reduced among women with higher socioeconomic status (SES), this assumption is not well tested in the literature. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of maternal ACEs on illicit drug use in a community-based sample of pregnant women with middle to high SES. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study that collected data from 1,660 women during and after pregnancy in Calgary, Canada between 2008-2011 using mailed surveys. Illicit drug use in pregnancy was self-reported by women at 34-36 weeks gestation. An established scale examined maternal ACEs before 18 years. Logistic regression models and 95% confidence intervals tested associations between maternal ACE scores and illicit drug use in pregnancy. Results: Overall, 3.1­­­% of women in this predominantly married, well-educated, middle and upper middle income sample reported illicit drug use in pregnancy. Women with 2-3 ACEs had more than a two-fold increase, and women with 4 or more ACEs had almost a four-fold increase in illicit drug use in pregnancy, relative to women with 0-1 ACEs after adjustment for confounders. Exposure to child abuse was more consistently associated with illicit drug use in pregnancy than exposure to household dysfunction in childhood. Conclusions: Maternal ACEs were common and associated with a moderate increase in the odds of illicit drug use in pregnancy among Canadian women with middle to high SES.

scholarly journals Adverse Childhood Experiences are Associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women with middle to high socioeconomic status: Findings from the All Our Families Cohort

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl L. Currie ◽  
Suzanne C Tough
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Adverse Childhood Experiences ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Adverse Childhood ◽  
The Impact ◽  
In Pregnancy

Abstract Background: Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with illicit drug use among pregnant women who are socioeconomically vulnerable. While it is assumed that the impact of ACEs on illicit drug use is reduced among pregnant women who are well educated and have higher socioeconomic status, this assumption has not been well tested in the literature. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of maternal ACEs on illicit drug use among pregnant women who are well-educated women, have middle to high household incomes, and seeking regular prenatal care. Findings can inform clinicians about potential associations between ACEs and drug use in pregnancy within a population that they are frequently in contact with. Methods: This study is a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort study that collected data from 1,680 women during and after pregnancy in Calgary, Canada between 2008-2011 using mailed surveys. Illicit drug use in pregnancy was self-reported by women at 34-36 weeks gestation. An established scale examined maternal ACEs before 18 years. Logistic regression models and 95% confidence intervals tested associations between maternal ACE scores and illicit drug use in pregnancy. Results: Overall, 3.3­­­% of women in this predominantly married, well-educated, middle and upper middle income sample (mean age 31 years) reported illicit drug use in pregnancy. Women with 2-3 ACEs had more than a two-fold increase, and women with 4 or more ACEs had almost a four-fold increase in illicit drug use in pregnancy, relative to women with 0-1 ACEs after adjustment for confounders. Exposure to child abuse was more consistently associated with illicit drug use in pregnancy than exposure to household dysfunction in childhood. Conclusions: Findings combine with others to speak to the public health significance of maternal ACEs on substance use among expectant mothers across the socioeconomic spectrum; particularly child abuse. This information, can be used by women and the clinicians serving them, to better understand the role that ACEs could play in their decision to use illicit drugs in pregnancy.

Teen Illicit Drug Use Down But Rx Drug Abuse Up

Ob Gyn News ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (19) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
MIRIAM E. TUCKER
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use

scholarly journals Psychological factors as predictors of opioid abuse and illicit drug use in chronic pain patients

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laxmaiah Manchikanti, MD ◽  
James Giordano, PhD ◽  
Mark V. Boswell, MD, PhD ◽  
Bert Fellows, MA ◽  
Rajeev Manchukonda, BDS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
Opioid Abuse ◽  
Somatization Disorder ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Pain Patients

Background: Psychopathology (depression, anxiety, somatization disorder) and substance abuse (opioid mis-use and illicit drug use) are common in patients with chronic pain and present problems for public health and clinical management. Despite a body of literature describing various methods for identifying psychopathology, opioid misuse, and illicit drug use in chronic pain patients, the relationship between psychopathologies, substance abuse, and chronic pain has not been well characterized.Methods: This report describes a total of500 consecutive pain patients prescribed and receiving stable doses of opioids. The patients were evaluated for psychopathology, opioid abuse, and illicit drug use during the course of regular pain management treatment. The relationships between psychopathology and drug abuse and/or illicit drug use in chronic pain patients were examined, and psychological evaluation for depression, anxiety, and somatization disorder was performed.Results: Depression, anxiety, and somatization disorder were documented in 59, 64, and 30percent of chronic pain patients, respectively. Drug abuse was significantly higher in patients with depression as compared to patients without depression (12percent with depression versus 5percent without). Current illicit drug use was higher in women with depression (22 percent) than women without depression (14percent) and in men with or without depression (12percent). Current illicit drug use was also higher in men with somatization disorder (22 percent) than men without (9 percent).Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the presence of psychological features of depression and somatization disorder may be markers of substance abuse diathesis in chronic pain patients.

scholarly journals Drug abuse and illicit drug use in Puerto Rico.

1993 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Canino ◽  
J C Anthony ◽  
D H Freeman ◽  
P Shrout ◽  
M Rubio-Stipec
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Illicit Drug Use
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