Gender Differences Among In- and Out-of-Treatment Opioid-Addicted Individuals

被引：27

作者：

Kelly, Sharon M. ^{[1
]}

Schwartz, Robert P. ^{[1
]}

O'Grady, Kevin E. ^{[2
]}

Mitchell, Shannon Gwin ^{[1
]}

Reisinger, Heather Schacht ^{[1
,3
]}

Peterson, James A. ^{[1
,4
]}

Agar, Michael H. ^{[1
,4
]}

Brown, Barry S. ^{[1
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Friends Res Inst Inc, Social Res Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA

[2] Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[3] IOWA City VA Med Ctr, Iowa City, IA USA

[4] Ethknoworks, Santa Fe, NM USA

[5] Univ N Carolina, Wilmington, NC 28401 USA

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE | 2009年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Gender; methadone treatment; opioid addiction; women; METHADONE-MAINTENANCE; SEX-DIFFERENCES; DRUG-ABUSE; VALIDITY;

D O I：

10.1080/00952990802342915

中图分类号：

B849 [应用心理学];

学科分类号：

040203 ;

摘要：

Objective: Gender differences were explored among 355 in- and out-of-treatment opioid-addicted adults in Baltimore. Methods: Addiction Severity Index and other variables were compared among: 1) in-treatment women vs. out-of-treatment women; 2) out-of-treatment: women vs. men; and, 3) in-treatment: women vs. men. Results: Analysis indicated that in-treatment and out-of-treatment women worked less and used more cocaine than their male counterparts (ps .01). Moreover, out-of-treatment women used heroin and cocaine more often, spent more money on drugs, earned more illegal income, and had fewer treatments than in-treatment women (ps .01). Conclusions: Findings indicate greater severity of drug and employment problems of opioid-addicted women and underline the need for gender-specific drug-treatment services.

引用

页码：38 / 42

页数：5