Observational studyAddiction (Abingdon, England)2015
Capturing illicit drug use where and when it happens: an ecological momentary assessment of the social, physical and activity environment of using versus craving illicit drugs.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Acceptability of a mobile health intervention to enhance HIV care coordination for patients with substance use disorders.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2017Trial
- Mobile Health Tool to Capture Social Determinants of Health and Their Impact on HIV Treatment Outcomes Among People Who Use Drugs: Pilot Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Contextual and psychosocial factors influencing drug reward in humans: The importance of non-drug reinforcement.Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior · 2024Review
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- The Role of Environmental Context and Physical Activity in Prescribed Opioid Use and Pain in Daily Life among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
- Peer presence and familiarity as key factors to reduce cocaine intake in both rats and humans: an effect mediated by the subthalamic nucleus.Psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Using mobile health technologies to test the association of cocaine use with sexual desire and risky sexual behaviors among people with and without HIV who use illicit stimulants.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Comparison of Geographic Information System and Subjective Assessments of Momentary Food Environments as Predictors of Food Intake: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Article
- Characterizing the Rural Opioid Use Environment in Kentucky Using Google Earth: Virtual Audit.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Article
- Investigating Health Risk Environments in Housing Programs for Young Adults: Protocol for a Geographically Explicit Ecological Momentary Assessment Study.JMIR research protocols · 2019Article
- Safe and unsafe spaces: Non-fatal overdose, arrest, and receptive syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in public and semi-public spaces in Baltimore City.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Feasibility of ecological momentary assessment to study mood and risk behavior among young people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Article
- mHealth for the Detection and Intervention in Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use Disorder.Current addiction reports · 2018Article
- e-Addictology: An Overview of New Technologies for Assessing and Intervening in Addictive Behaviors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2018Review
- Using technology to assess and intervene with illicit drug-using persons at risk for HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2017Review
- Social causation and neighborhood selection underlie associations of neighborhood factors with illicit drug-using social networks and illicit drug use among adults relocated from public housing.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Article
- Virtual Reality for Neuroarchitecture: Cue Reactivity in Built Spaces.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Cell phone-based ecological momentary assessment of substance use context for Latino youth in outpatient treatment: Who, what, when and where.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
- Alcohol Craving and Consumption in Borderline Personality Disorder: When, Where, and with Whom.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2016Article
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Abstract
aimsTo understand the environmental and contextual influences of illicit cocaine and heroin use and craving using mobile health (mHealth) methods.
designInteractive mHealth methods of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) were utilized in the Exposure Assessment in Current Time (EXACT) study to assess drug use and craving among urban drug users in real time. Participants were provided with mobile devices and asked to self-report every time they either craved (without using) or used heroin or cocaine for 30 days from November 2008 through May 2013.
settingBaltimore, MD, USA.
participantsA total of 109 participants from the AIDS Linked to the IntraVenous Experience (ALIVE) study. MEASUREMENTS: For each drug use or craving event, participants answered questions concerning their drug use, current mood and their social, physical and activity environments. Odds ratios (OR) of drug use versus craving were obtained from logistic regression models with generalized estimating equations of all reported events.
findingsParticipants were a median of 48.5 years old, 90% African American, 52% male and 59% HIV-infected. Participants were significantly more likely to report use rather than craving drugs if they were with someone who was using drugs [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13, 1.86), in an abandoned space (aOR = 6.65, 95% CI = 1.78, 24.84) or walking/wandering (aOR = 1.68, 95% CI = 1.11, 2.54). Craving drugs was associated with being with a child (aOR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.12, 0.59), eating (aOR = 0.54, 95% CI = 0.34, 0.85) or being at the doctor's office (aOR = 0.31, 95% CI = 0.12, 0.80).
conclusionsThere are distinct drug using and craving environments among urban drug users, which may provide a framework for developing real-time context-sensitive interventions.
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