Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Box 102848, Durham, NC, 27705, USA.
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
AIDS Behav. 2018 Sep;22(9):2807-2814. doi: 10.1007/s10461-018-2123-4.
While medicinal marijuana use is common among persons with HIV, it is not known whether persons with HIV are more motivated to use marijuana medically compared to HIV-negative counterparts. This study examined motivations for marijuana use in a sample of 94 HIV+ and HIV- adults. Participants used marijuana 21.27 days in the last 30 days on average. HIV+ participants reported using marijuana for medical reasons more often than HIV- participants, but HIV+ and HIV- participants did not differ in other domains. Problematic marijuana use was associated with motives, regardless of HIV status. Motives were associated with mental and physical health functioning, but there were no interactions between motivations and HIV status. Overall this study found that motivations were similar for HIV+ and HIV- participants. Future research including qualitative work to further understand motivations would benefit the field, as would research examining the effectiveness of marijuana in treating physical symptoms.
虽然医用大麻在 HIV 感染者中很常见，但目前尚不清楚与 HIV 阴性对照者相比，HIV 感染者是否更有动机将大麻用于医疗用途。本研究在 94 名 HIV+ 和 HIV- 成年人样本中考察了大麻使用的动机。参与者在过去 30 天内平均每天使用大麻 21.27 天。与 HIV- 参与者相比，HIV+ 参与者报告出于医疗原因使用大麻的频率更高，但 HIV+ 和 HIV- 参与者在其他领域没有差异。与 HIV 状态无关，有问题的大麻使用与动机有关。动机与心理健康和身体健康功能有关，但动机和 HIV 状态之间没有相互作用。总的来说，这项研究发现 HIV+ 和 HIV- 参与者的动机相似。未来的研究包括定性工作以进一步了解动机将使该领域受益，研究大麻治疗身体症状的效果也将受益。
