Identification of behavioral risk factors for medically unsupervised use of prescription medications in Utah

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Title Identification of behavioral risk factors for medically unsupervised use of prescription medications in Utah
Publication Type dissertation
School or College School of Medicine
Department Family & Preventive Medicine
Author Kitchens, Connie L
Date 2010
Description Prescription drug misuse has become a widespread problem in the United States. Misuse of prescription drugs is second only to marijuana as the nation's most prevalent drug problem. National data shows that in 2002-2003 through 2005-2006, Utah ranked among those states with the highest rates of the past year nonmedical use of pain relievers among those age 12 and older. Using data from the 2008 Utah Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (N=5,330) and the 2007 Utah Higher Education Health Behavior Survey (N=8,834), we completed three studies exploring nonmedical prescription drug use among the Utah adult opulation. There were three different outcomes: medically unsupervised use of prescription pain medication; obtaining prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes; and using prescription drugs to manage pain. The last two outcomes were within the population of Utah college students.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Nonmedical prescription drug use; Risk factors; Medication abuse
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name PhD
Language eng
Rights Management ©Connie L. Kitchens
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 1,463,542 bytes
Source Original housed in Marriott Library Special Collections, RM31.5 2010 .K58
ARK ark:/87278/s6fb5hkq
Setname ir_etd
ID 193404
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb5hkq
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