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Injection-Related Venous Disease and Walking Mobility

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Injection users are at risk for vascular injuries resulting in chronic venous disease (CVD). The authors examined walking mobility in relation to CVD for 713 individuals in methadone treatment. The authors used a cross-sectional, comparative design that was stratified on age, sex, ethnicity, and drug use. CVD was present in 92.3% of participants. The structural equation model supported the causal link between leg injection and CVD (.40, P<.001). The worse the mobility, the greater was the CVD classification (-.21, P<.001). CVD had an indirect effect on mobility through pain. CVD and pain need to be considered when assessing mobility in illicit drug users.

Source: Journal of Addictive Diseases

DOI: 10.1080/10550887.2010.509275

Authors: Barbara Pieper, Thomas N. Templin, Robert S. Kirsner, Thomas J. Birk

Institutions: Wayne State University, University of Miami

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Nursing Research