Clinical Alcohol Research, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2011 Mar;37(2):89-92. doi: 10.3109/00952990.2010.540277. Epub 2010 Dec 29.
Prospective follow-up of heroin users is known to be difficult due to their unstable lifestyle, and high follow-up rates have usually demanded major tracking efforts. In Sweden, mobile telephones are commonly used by heavy drug users for drug trading.
This methodology study aims to examine the efficacy of mobile telephone contact for prospective follow-up interviews with injecting heroin users recruited at the syringe exchange program of Malmö, Sweden.
Seventy-eight heroin users with mobile telephone numbers were included. Subjects reported using heroin for 28 days of the previous 30 days, and only 8% reported they had recently been engaged in work or studies. Clients were contacted between 15 and 21 times over 2 years, with each contact attempt generally involving two telephone calls on consecutive days.
During follow-up, 68% of subjects had been successfully contacted for at least one follow-up interview (on average 6.9 interviews), and 25% of follow-up attempts were successful. In 23% of the sample (n=18), at least 50% of follow-up attempts were successful, and these subjects tended to be older (p=.05) and more likely to be female (p=.07), whereas follow-up rates were unrelated to baseline heroin use.
Despite limited effort, and despite the severe situation of intravenous heroin users, mobile telephone contact can be used with heavy drug users in the present setting.
由于海洛因使用者生活方式不稳定，对其进行前瞻性随访已知具有难度，且通常需要大量的跟踪努力才能获得较高的随访率。在瑞典，移动电话被重度吸毒者广泛用于毒品交易。
本方法学研究旨在检验通过移动电话联系注射海洛因使用者进行前瞻性随访访谈的效果，这些使用者是在瑞典马尔默的注射器交换项目中招募的。
共纳入 78 名有移动电话号码的海洛因使用者。研究对象报告称在过去 30 天中有 28 天使用过海洛因，且仅 8%的人报告他们最近从事过工作或学习。在 2 年期间，对这些客户进行了 15 至 21 次联系尝试，每次联系尝试通常包括连续两天的两次电话呼叫。
在随访期间，68%的研究对象至少成功接受了一次随访访谈（平均接受 6.9 次访谈），25%的随访尝试是成功的。在 23%的样本中（n=18），至少有 50%的随访尝试是成功的，这些研究对象往往年龄较大（p=.05），更有可能是女性（p=.07），而随访率与基线海洛因使用无关。
尽管努力有限，且静脉内注射海洛因使用者的情况严峻，但在当前环境下，仍可使用移动电话联系重度吸毒者。
