SynthesisSocial work in public health2013
Just say know: an examination of substance use disorders among older adults in gerontological and substance abuse journals.
Synthesis in Social work in public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the association between solitary drinking and alcohol problems in adults.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Pooled it
- Variation in Relative Risk Perceptions and Tobacco Use by Race and Socioeconomic Status Among Older Adults Who Smoke: Evidence From the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Observational
- The intersection of aging, pain, and opioid use disorder: a retrospective chart review from an outpatient opioid treatment clinic.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mental and physical health characteristics of older and younger adults receiving medication for opioid use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Aging, multimorbidity, and substance use disorders: The growing case for integrating the principles of geriatric care and harm reduction.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Assessment of alcohol and psychotropic drug use among old-age psychiatric patients in Norway: Experiences of health professionals.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2017Article
- Alcohol and prescribed psychotropic drug use among patients admitted to a department of old-age psychiatry in Norway.Nordisk alkohol- & narkotikatidskrift : NAT · 2017Article
- Spatial analysis of drug poisoning deaths in the American West, particularly Utah.The International journal on drug policy · 2016Article
- Trends in Opioid Prescriptions Among Part D Medicare Recipients From 2007 to 2012.The American journal of medicine · 2016Article
- Substance use history in behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia versus primary progressive aphasia.Journal of addictive diseases · 2016Article
- Lifetime alcohol use and cognitive performance in older adults.Journal of addictive diseasesArticle
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
This article examines the extent to which studies of alcohol abuse, illicit drug use, and prescription drug abuse among older adults appear in the leading gerontological and substance abuse journals. The authors reviewed articles published in the 10 social science gerontological journals and the 10 social science substance abuse journals with the highest 5-year impact factors in PubMed from 2000 to 2010. Articles were selected that presented original research on alcohol, substance, or prescription abuse with older adults aged 50 and older; and were identified through aging and substance abuse-related Medical Subject Headings and word searches of titles and abstracts (N = 634). Full text of each article was reviewed by the authors, and consensus determined inclusion in the final sample. Of the 19,953 articles published respectively in the top 10 gerontological and substance abuse journals, 181 articles met the inclusion criteria of reporting findings related to substance use disorders among older adults. Specifically, 0.9% (102 of 11,700) of articles from the top 10 gerontology journals and 1.0% (79 of 8,253) of articles from the top 10 substance abuse journals met the criteria. Most published articles addressed alcohol misuse/abuse or polysubstance abuse with few articles addressing illicit drug use or the misuse of prescription medications. Less than 1% of articles published in the 10 gerontology journals and the 10 substance abuse journals with the highest 5-year impact scores addressed substance abuse in older adults. Practitioners treating health and/or mental health problems are at a disadvantage in accurately identifying and treating these conditions in older adult populations without a proper understanding of the role of comorbid substance use disorders.
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