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Mono- versus polydrug abuse patterns among publicly funded clients

Overview of attention for article published in Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, November 2007
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Title
Mono- versus polydrug abuse patterns among publicly funded clients
Published in
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, November 2007
DOI 10.1186/1747-597x-2-33
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Authors

Satish Kedia, Marie A Sell, George Relyea

Abstract

To examine patterns of mono- versus polydrug abuse, data were obtained from intake records of 69,891 admissions to publicly funded treatment programs in Tennessee between 1998 and 2004. While descriptive statistics were employed to report frequency and patterns of mono- and polydrug abuse by demographic variables and by study years, bivariate logistic regression was applied to assess the probability of being a mono- or polydrug abuser for a number of demographic variables. The researchers found that during the study period 51.3% of admissions reported monodrug abuse and 48.7% reported polydrug abuse. Alcohol, cocaine, and marijuana were the most commonly abused substances, both alone and in combination. Odds ratio favored polydrug abuse for all but one drug category-other drugs. Gender did not affect drug abuse patterns; however, admissions for African Americans and those living in urban areas exhibited higher probabilities of polydrug abuse. Age group also appeared to affect drug abuse patterns, with higher odds of monodrug abuse among minors and adults over 45 years old. The discernable prevalence of polydrug abuse suggests a need for developing effective prevention strategies and treatment plans specific to polydrug abuse.

Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 62 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Colombia 1 2%
Unknown 61 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 16%
Student > Bachelor 8 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 10%
Student > Master 6 10%
Other 5 8%
Other 10 16%
Unknown 17 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 9 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 8%
Social Sciences 5 8%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 22 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 October 2015.
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#1,700,588
of 22,830,751 outputs
Outputs from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#68
of 667 outputs
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#3,823
of 77,839 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
#2
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