Playing through pain: Sports participation and nonmedical use of opioid medications among adolescents

P.T. Veliz, C. Boyd and S.E. McCabe

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 5, e28-e30

Abstract: We assessed the nonmedical use of prescription opioids (NMUPO) among adolescents who participate in competitive sports. Using data from Monitoring the Future, we found that adolescent participants in high-injury sports had 50% higher odds of NMUPO than adolescents who did not participate in these types of sports (i.e., nonparticipants and participants in other sports). Detecting certain subpopulations of youths at risk for NMUPO should be a central concern among health care providers.

Keywords: narcotic analgesic agent; prescription drug, adolescent; adolescent behavior; article; cross-sectional study; female; human; male; opiate addiction; pain; physiology; psychological aspect; risk factor; sport; sport injury; statistics; United States, Adolescent; Adolescent Behavior; Analgesics, Opioid; Athletic Injuries; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Opioid-Related Disorders; Pain; Prescription Drugs; Risk Factors; Sports; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301242

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