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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fortson, Kennicia
• Rajbhandari-Thapa, Janani
• Ingels, Justin
• Thapa, Kiran
• Dube, Shanta R.

Titel

Adverse childhood experiences, risk of opioid misuse and its pathway among students at a public university

Ist Teil von

• Journal of American college health, 2023-12, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-10

Ort / Verlag

United States: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Objective: We examine role of ACEs and pathways to risk of opioid misuse among young adults. Participants and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of validated measures of ACEs, risk of opioid misuse, and health conditions with a sample of 1,402 students from a large public university followed by multivariate logistic regression and pathway analysis. Results: Majority (61%) of participants reported at least one ACE. A dose-response relationship between numbers of ACEs with risk for opioid misuse was present. Compared to participants with no ACEs, participants with ≥4 ACEs and 0-3 ACEs were 2.93 (95% CI: 1.95, 4.39; p < 0.001) and 1.96 (95% CI: 1.46, 2.65; p < 0.001) times more likely to be at risk for opioid misuse, respectively. Having at least one existing or past health condition significantly mediated the association. Conclusions: Our findings suggest need to include assessment of ACEs as a screening criterion for opioid prescription and administration among college-aged individuals.