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Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020

INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could disproportionately affect individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD). However, little information exists on COVID-19-related experiences among individuals with a SUD. We examined whether individuals with a SUD differ from...

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Autores principales: Acevedo, Andrea, Feng, Wenhui, Corlin, Laura, Allen, Jennifer D., Levine, Peter, Stopka, Thomas J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35862354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271788
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author Acevedo, Andrea
Feng, Wenhui
Corlin, Laura
Allen, Jennifer D.
Levine, Peter
Stopka, Thomas J.
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Feng, Wenhui
Corlin, Laura
Allen, Jennifer D.
Levine, Peter
Stopka, Thomas J.
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description INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could disproportionately affect individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD). However, little information exists on COVID-19-related experiences among individuals with a SUD. We examined whether individuals with a SUD differ from other individuals with regard to COVID-19 testing, susceptibility, and employment-related vulnerability. METHODS: We used data from a U.S. nationally representative survey (n = 1,208). Using logistic regressions, we examined whether individuals with SUDs differ from other individuals regarding underlying health conditions, COVID-19 testing, access to paid sick leave, and loss of employment. Data were collected in late May-early June, 2020. RESULTS: Four percent of participants reported that a healthcare professional had told them they had a SUD. We found that, compared to those without SUDs, respondents with SUDs had higher odds of having lost their job due to the pandemic (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]:5.17, 95% confidence interval [CI]:2.28–11.74). Among individuals who were employed prior to the pandemic, people with SUDs had lower odds of having paid sick leave (AOR:0.26, 95% CI:0.09–0.74). CONCLUSION: Our study indicates that individuals with SUDs could be disproportionately affected by COVID-19 economically, which might worsen SUD and racial/ethnic health disparities.
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spelling pubmed-93027442022-07-22 Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020 Acevedo, Andrea Feng, Wenhui Corlin, Laura Allen, Jennifer D. Levine, Peter Stopka, Thomas J. PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could disproportionately affect individuals who have a substance use disorder (SUD). However, little information exists on COVID-19-related experiences among individuals with a SUD. We examined whether individuals with a SUD differ from other individuals with regard to COVID-19 testing, susceptibility, and employment-related vulnerability. METHODS: We used data from a U.S. nationally representative survey (n = 1,208). Using logistic regressions, we examined whether individuals with SUDs differ from other individuals regarding underlying health conditions, COVID-19 testing, access to paid sick leave, and loss of employment. Data were collected in late May-early June, 2020. RESULTS: Four percent of participants reported that a healthcare professional had told them they had a SUD. We found that, compared to those without SUDs, respondents with SUDs had higher odds of having lost their job due to the pandemic (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]:5.17, 95% confidence interval [CI]:2.28–11.74). Among individuals who were employed prior to the pandemic, people with SUDs had lower odds of having paid sick leave (AOR:0.26, 95% CI:0.09–0.74). CONCLUSION: Our study indicates that individuals with SUDs could be disproportionately affected by COVID-19 economically, which might worsen SUD and racial/ethnic health disparities. Public Library of Science 2022-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9302744/ /pubmed/35862354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271788 Text en © 2022 Acevedo et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Acevedo, Andrea
Feng, Wenhui
Corlin, Laura
Allen, Jennifer D.
Levine, Peter
Stopka, Thomas J.
Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title_full Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title_fullStr Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title_full_unstemmed Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title_short Experiences with and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey, 2020
title_sort experiences with and impacts of the covid-19 pandemic by substance use disorder in the early phase of pandemic in the united states: a cross-sectional survey, 2020
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35862354
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271788
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