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ArticleAddictive behaviors2020

Lower levels of bodily pain increase risk for non-medical use of prescription drugs among current US reserve soldiers.

Bonnie M Vest, Rachel A Hoopsick, D Lynn Homish, Gregory G Homish

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Article in Addictive behaviors, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bonnie M VestDepartment of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA. Electronic address: bvest@buffalo.edu.
Rachel A HoopsickDepartment of Family Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA; Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
D Lynn HomishDepartment of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Gregory G HomishDepartment of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
University at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

Funding

University of Buffalo Clinical and Translational Science Institute - Supplement SchulyerUL1TR001412 · NCATS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI MURPHY, TIMOTHY F · 2015 to 2024
$33.8M
Substance Use in Reservists: Social and Environmental InfluencesR01DA034072 · NIDA · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI HOMISH, GREGORY G. · 2013 to 2022
$5.0M
Institutional Career DevelopmentKL2TR001413 · NCATS · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · PI DUBOCOVICH, MARGARITA L · 2015 to 2024
$4.2M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001413NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001412NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034072
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMilitary populations have a higher prevalence of pain compared to their civilian counterparts and are also at increased risk for substance use. The link between clinically significant pain and substance use has been established, but it is unclear if lower levels of pain relate to risk. The goal of this inquiry was to determine if level of bodily pain was associated with increased risk of current substance use over time among a community sample of U.S. Army Reserve/National Guard (USAR/NG) soldiers.

methodsData were drawn from an ongoing study of USAR/NG soldiers. We used generalized estimating equations to examine the longitudinal impact of baseline bodily pain level (modeled in standard deviations from the mean pain score) on current drug use (illicit and non-medical use of prescription drugs [NMUPD]) among soldiers (n = 387) over two-years. Final models controlled for baseline post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and depression symptomatology, history of deployment (yes/no), years of military service, and substance use norms.

resultsBodily pain was longitudinally associated with increased odds of current NMUPD (AOR: 1.49, p < .05), but not with the current use of illicit drugs (AOR: 1.18, p > .05), controlling for symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, depression, deployment, years of service, and substance use norms.

conclusionsOverall, our findings indicate that bodily pain is longitudinally associated with NMUPD among male soldiers, but not with illicit drugs. Significantly, our results stem from a non-clinical sample of soldiers with overall lower levels of pain. This indicates that pain may be important, even at lower levels, and underscores the importance of early non-pharmacologic interventions for pain.

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Military PersonnelPrescription Drug MisuseStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHumansMalePainPrevalenceDrug useMilitary populationsNon-medical use of prescription drugsPain

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PMID32315933
PMCPMC7282981
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