作者
Brendan Quinn, Bernadette Ward, Paul A Agius, Rebecca Jenkinson, Matthew Hickman, Keith Sutton, Cristal Hall, Rebecca McKetin, Michael Farrell, Reece Cossar, Paul M Dietze
发表日期
2021/11
期刊
Drug and Alcohol Review
卷号
40
期号
7
页码范围
1239-1248
出版商
John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd
简介
Introduction and Aims
Limited research has investigated methamphetamine use and related harms in rural and regional Australia. We investigated whether people who used methamphetamine in non‐metropolitan Victoria differed in their sociodemographics and were more likely to be methamphetamine‐dependent than those recruited in Melbourne.
Design and Methods
We used baseline data from an ongoing prospective cohort study, ‘VMAX’. Participants were recruited from Melbourne and three non‐metropolitan Victorian regions. Sequential multivariable logistic regression of nested models assessed unadjusted and adjusted associations between residential locations and methamphetamine dependence.
Results
The sample mostly (77%) comprised people who used methamphetamine via non‐injecting means (N = 744). Thirty‐nine percent were female. Melbourne‐based participants were less likely …
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