Injection-Related Venous Disease and Walking Mobility

Injection users are at risk for vascular injuries resulting in chronic venous disease (CVD). The authors examined walking mobility in relation to CVD for 713 individuals in methadone treatment. The authors used a cross-sectional, comparative design that was stratified on age, sex, ethnicity, and dru...

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Published in:Journal of addictive diseases 2010-10, Vol.29 (4), p.481-492
Main Authors: Pieper, Barbara, Templin, Thomas N., Kirsner, Robert S., Birk, Thomas J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Chronic Disease
Chronic illnesses
Chronic pain
chronic venous disease
Classification
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug addictions
Drug use
Female
Humans
Indirect effects
Injection drug use
Injections
Leg Injuries - complications
leg pain
Legs
Male
Medical sciences
Methadone
Methadone - therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Mobility
Mobility Limitation
Models, Statistical
Pain - complications
Pain management
Pain Measurement - methods
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Street Drugs - adverse effects
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - complications
Toxicology
Vascular System Injuries - complications
Vascular System Injuries - diagnosis
Vascular System Injuries - physiopathology
Veins - injuries
Walking
Walking - physiology
walking mobility
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Summary:Injection users are at risk for vascular injuries resulting in chronic venous disease (CVD). The authors examined walking mobility in relation to CVD for 713 individuals in methadone treatment. The authors used a cross-sectional, comparative design that was stratified on age, sex, ethnicity, and drug use. CVD was present in 92.3% of participants. The structural equation model supported the causal link between leg injection and CVD (.40, P
ISSN:1055-0887
1545-0848
DOI:10.1080/10550887.2010.509275