The Interaction of Opiate Misuse and Marijuana Use on Behavioral Health Outcomes using the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Pain Collaborative Dataset

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• Alternative Title:
  J Head Trauma Rehabil
• Personal Author:
  Callender, Librada ; Lai, Tony ; Driver, Simon ; Ketchum, Jessica M. ; Ochoa, Christa ; Corrigan, John D. ; Hammond, Flora M. ; Harrison-Felix, Cindy ; Martin, Aaron M. ; Rabinowitz, Amanda R. ; Starosta, Amy J. ; Dubiel, Randi
• Description:
  Objective:
  
  To determine if the interaction of opiate misuse and marijuana use frequency is associated with behavioral health outcomes.
  
  Setting:
  
  Community
  
  Participants:
  
  3,750 participants enrolled in the TBIMS who completed the Pain Survey and had complete opioid use and marijuana use information
  
  Design:
  
  Cross-sectional, secondary analysis from a multi-site observational cohort
  
  Main Outcome Measure(s):
  
  Clinically significant behavioral health symptoms for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and sleep quality
  
  Results:
  
  3,535 (94.3%) participants did not misuse opiates, 215 (5.7%) did misuse opiates (taking more opioid pain medication than prescribed and/or using non-prescription opioid pain medication); 2,683 (70.5%) participants did not use marijuana, 353 (9.3%) occasionally used marijuana (less than once a week), and 714 (18.8%) regularly used marijuana (once a week or more frequently). There was a statistically significant relationship (p<0.05) between the interaction of opiate misuse and marijuana use frequency and all behavioral health outcomes and several covariates (age, sex, cause of injury, severity of injury, and pain group category). Pairwise comparisons confirm that statistically significant associations on behavioral health outcomes are driven by endorsing opiate misuse and/or regular marijuana use, but occasional marijuana use was not associated.
  
  Conclusions:
  
  Higher odds of clinically significant PTSD, depression, anxiety, and poor sleep quality are present in people with TBI who misuse opiates and/or who use marijuana regularly. In the absence of opiate misuse, regular marijuana use had higher odds of worse behavioral health outcomes compared to occasional and no use. The interaction of opiate misuse and regular marijuana use yielded the highest odds. Individuals with TBI should be informed of the relationship of substance use and behavioral health outcomes and that current chronic pain may mediate the association.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Brain Injuries, Traumatic Chronic Pain Cross-Sectional Studies Humans Marijuana Use Opiate Alkaloids Opioid-Related Disorders Outcome Assessment, Health Care
• Keywords:
  Behavioral Health Marijuana Opiate Traumatic Brain Injury
• Source:
  J Head Trauma Rehabil. 39(1):82-93
• Pubmed ID:
  38167717
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10947995
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  27306C0004/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 27307C0012/ES/NIEHS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; 90DPTB0017/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP000033/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b9de5581c5921197f1f82024d6c41471e5775ae980944ce8441b7509ff678f68d7b8ed7900f119fbc0f4890281c299e123dc70a213c0c5f056d269c4509803f
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