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ArticleExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2022

Social, psychological, and substance use characteristics of U.S. adults who use kratom: Initial findings from an online, crowdsourced study.

Kirsten E Smith, Kelly E Dunn, Oliver Grundmann, Albert Garcia-Romeu, Jeffrey M Rogers, Marc T Swogger, David H Epstein

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Article in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Kratom use as more than a "self-treatment".The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kirsten E SmithReal-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit.ORCID 0000-0002-9278-1830
Kelly E DunnDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Oliver GrundmannCollege of Pharmacy.ORCID 0000-0003-2302-8949
Albert Garcia-RomeuDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.ORCID 0000-0003-2182-1644
Jeffrey M RogersReal-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit.
Marc T SwoggerDepartment of Psychiatry.
David H EpsteinReal-world Assessment, Prediction, and Treatment Unit.
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Funding

Real-Time Assessment of Drug Use, Along with Mental States and EnvironmentsZIADA000499 · NIDA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE · PI EPSTEIN, DAVID · 2009 to 2025
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Intramural NIH HHS ZIA DA000499
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kratom, a plant that produces opioid-like effects, has gained popularity in the U.S. for self-treating symptoms of chronic pain, mood disorders, and substance-use disorders (SUDs). Most data on kratom are from surveys into which current kratom-using adults could self-select; such surveys may underrepresent people who have used kratom and chosen to stop. Available data also do not adequately assess important psychosocial factors surrounding kratom use. In this study, U.S. adults who reported past 6-month alcohol, opioid, and/or stimulant use (

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Chronic PainCrowdsourcingMitragynaSubstance-Related DisordersAdultAnalgesics, OpioidChildHumansAnalgesics, Opioid

Identifiers

PMID34735202
PMCPMC10726725
OpenAlexW3208542802

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