ArticleDrug and alcohol review2025
Gender and Overdose Risk Factors Among Clients Entering Residential Treatment for Opioid Use.
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- Gender and Overdose Risk Factors Among Clients Entering Residential Treatment for Opioid Use.Drug and alcohol review · 2025Article
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introductionThe period post-residential treatment for opioid use is associated with heightened risk of overdose. The current study aims to: (i) describe characteristics of men and women attending residential treatment for primary opioid use; (ii) identify classes of clients based on primary opioid and other substance/s of concern and (iii) identify relationships between substance use profile and sociodemographic risk factors for opioid overdose, including differences by gender.
methodsData from 2994 clients (29.6% women) attending residential treatment for opioid use in the non-government sector in New South Wales, Australia, were included in the analysis. Descriptive and chi-square statistics analysed demographic, clinical, substance use and service use characteristics of participants. Participants were grouped using latent class analysis based on their primary opioid of concern and other substance/s of concern. Multinomial logistic regression examined the relationship between latent classes and sociodemographic risk factors for overdose, including interactions with gender.
resultsMen and women presented to residential treatment with different demographic, clinical, substance use and service use characteristics. A five-class model of polysubstance use was identified: heroin + lower polysubstance use (52.3%), heroin + polysubstance use (22.2%), pharmaceutical + lower polysubstance use (10.1%), pharmaceutical + polysubstance use (6.7%) and OAT + polysubstance use (8.7%). There were some associations between sociodemographic risk factors and class membership, though limited interactions between sociodemographic risk and gender. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsEffective overdose prevention and harm reduction strategies during and post-residential treatment need to consider individuals' complex and unique accumulation of risk.
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