OxyContin use on a rural midwest American Indian reservation: Demographic correlates and reasons for using

S.L. Momper, J. Delva, D. Tauiliili, A.C. Mueller-Williams and P. Goral

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 11, 1997-1999

Abstract: In 2009 we surveyed 400 tribal members of a midwestern American Indian reservation to assess the prevalence of OxyContin use. Thirty percent of tribal participants reported nonmedical use of Oxy- Contin ever, 18.9% in the past year, and 13.4% in the past month. Participants aged 18 to 25 years were most likely to have used OxyContin. Reasons given for use of the drug included pain relief (59.3%) and getting high (52.2%), indicating a need for opioid treatment programs. Copyright © 2013 by the American Public Health Association®.

Keywords: narcotic analgesic agent; oxycodone, addiction; adolescent; adult; age; American Indian; epidemiology; ethnology; female; human; male; middle aged; off label drug use; prevalence; questionnaire; rural population; statistics and numerical data; United States; young adult; addiction; American Indian; article; ethnology; off label drug use; rural population; statistics; United States, Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Analgesics, Opioid; Female; Humans; Indians, North American; Male; Middle Aged; Midwestern United States; Off-Label Use; Oxycodone; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Rural Population; Substance-Related Disorders; Young Adult, Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Analgesics, Opioid; Female; Humans; Indians, North American; Male; Middle Aged; Midwestern United States; Off-Label Use; Oxycodone; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Rural Population; Substance-Related Disorders; Young Adult (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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