Mortality among regular or dependent users of heroin and other opioids: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of cohort studies

L Degenhardt, C Bucello, B Mathers, C Briegleb… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To review the literature on mortality among dependent or regular users of opioids
across regions, according to specific causes, and related to a number of demographic and …

[HTML][HTML] Big data and predictive modelling for the opioid crisis: existing research and future potential

C Bharat, M Hickman, S Barbieri… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
A need exists to accurately estimate overdose risk and improve understanding of how to
deliver treatments and interventions in people with opioid use disorder in a way that reduces …

[HTML][HTML] The burden of mental disorders, substance use disorders and self-harm among young people in Europe, 1990–2019: Findings from the Global Burden of …

G Castelpietra, AKS Knudsen, EE Agardh… - The Lancet Regional …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Mental health is a public health issue for European young people, with great
heterogeneity in resource allocation. Representative population-based studies are needed …

Mortality among people with opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Bahji, B Cheng, S Gray, H Stuart - Journal of addiction medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis of cohorts of people with OUD involving illicit
opioids with data on all-cause or overdose-specific mortality. Setting and Participants: Of …

Slow‐release oral morphine as maintenance therapy for opioid dependence

M Ferri, S Minozzi, A Bo… - Cochrane Database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Opioid substitution treatments are effective in retaining people in treatment and
suppressing heroin use. An open question remains whether slow‐release oral morphine …

[HTML][HTML] Examining non-AIDS mortality among people who inject drugs

BM Mathers, L Degenhardt - Aids, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To systematically review and analyse data from cohorts of people who inject
drugs (PWID) to improve existing estimates of non-AIDS mortality used to calculate mortality …

Large variation in measures used to assess outcomes of opioid dependence treatment: A systematic review of longitudinal observational studies

L Wiessing, M Ferri, S Darke, R Simon… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Issues Treatment outcomes for drug users are critical for informing policy and therapeutic
practice. The coherence of outcomes, changes and drug use measures from observational …

Mortality trends among heroin users treated between 1975 and 2013 in Northern Italy: Results of a longitudinal study

RM Pavarin, A Fioritti, S Sanchini - Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The aim of this study was to examine heroin mortality trends and changes in
causes of death, across time and age, in a cohort of the heroin population of treated …

Opioid overdose risk during and after drug treatment for heroin dependence: An incidence density case–control study nested in the VEdeTTE cohort

F Faggiano, F Mathis, R Diecidue… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Introduction and Aims To corroborate protective effects of a range of drug treatment
modalities against overdose mortality risk. Design and Methods Nested case–control study …

Mortality risk among heroin users accessing treatment: natives and non-natives patients results of a longitudinal study

RM Pavarin, S Sanchini, S Marani… - … of psychoactive drugs, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to examine mortality risk and causes of death for natives and non-
natives in a cohort of heroin population of treated in Northern Italy. Crude Mortality Rates …