Illicit drug use by persons with disabilities: insights from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

This study sought to evaluate the association of drug use with disability in a representative sample of the US household population. The use of illicit drugs and alcohol reported by respondents in the 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse who identified themselves as "disabled, unable to...

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1996-11, Vol.86 (11), p.1613-1615
Main Authors: Gilson, S F, Chilcoat, H D, Stapleton, J M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addictive behaviors
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Age groups
Alcohol use
Anesthesia
Biological and medical sciences
Cocaine
Disabilities
Disability
Disabled people
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug use
Epidemiology
Ethnicity
Female
Handicapped accessibility
Head injuries
Heroin
Households
Humans
Male
Marijuana
Medical sciences
National surveys
Odds Ratio
Older people
People with disabilities
Population
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Public health
Social research
Spinal cord
Substance abuse
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - ethnology
Tranquilizers
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury
United States - epidemiology
USA
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Summary:This study sought to evaluate the association of drug use with disability in a representative sample of the US household population. The use of illicit drugs and alcohol reported by respondents in the 1991 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse who identified themselves as "disabled, unable to work" was compared with respondents without disabilities. Among younger adults (18-24 years), persons with disabilities were more likely than those without disabilities to report that they had used heroin (adjusted odds ratio [OR] = 6.89; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.35, 35.1) or crack cocaine (OR = 6.38; 95% CI = 1.05, 38.6). Among older adults (35 years and older), persons with disabilities were more likely to report the use of sedatives (OR = 2.46; 95% CI = 1.21, 4.94) or tranquilizers (OR = 2.18: 95% CI = 1.08; 4.42) not medically prescribed. These results suggest that use of illicit drugs is a potentially serious problem among persons with disabilities and requires both research and clinical attention.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.86.11.1613