Kelly Sharon M, Schwartz Robert P, O'Grady Kevin E, Mitchell Shannon Gwin, Reisinger Heather Schacht, Peterson James A, Agar Michael H, Brown Barry S
Social Research Center, Friends Research Institute, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2009;35(1):38-42. doi: 10.1080/00952990802342915.
Gender differences were explored among 355 in- and out-of-treatment opioid-addicted adults in Baltimore.
Addiction Severity Index and other variables were compared among: 1) in-treatment women vs. out-of-treatment women; 2) out-of-treatment: women vs. men; and, 3) in-treatment: women vs. men.
Analysis indicated that in-treatment and out-of-treatment women worked less and used more cocaine than their male counterparts (ps < .01). Moreover, out-of-treatment women used heroin and cocaine more often, spent more money on drugs, earned more illegal income, and had fewer treatments than in-treatment women (ps < or = .01).
Findings indicate greater severity of drug and employment problems of opioid-addicted women and underline the need for gender-specific drug-treatment services.
对巴尔的摩355名接受治疗和未接受治疗的阿片类药物成瘾成年人进行性别差异研究。
比较成瘾严重程度指数及其他变量,比较对象包括:1)接受治疗的女性与未接受治疗的女性;2)未接受治疗的女性与男性;3)接受治疗的女性与男性。
分析表明,接受治疗和未接受治疗的女性比男性工作更少,使用可卡因更多(p值<0.01)。此外,未接受治疗的女性比接受治疗的女性更常使用海洛因和可卡因,在毒品上花费更多,非法收入更高,接受治疗次数更少(p值≤0.01)。
研究结果表明阿片类药物成瘾女性的毒品和就业问题更为严重,并强调了针对性别提供药物治疗服务的必要性。