Determinants of hospitalizations for pneumonia among Finnish drug users:

SAGE Open Medicine

Olubunmi OOlubamwo¹ 

关键词: Substance abuse;    pneumonia;    hospitalization;    morbidity;    risk factor;    register linkage;    epidemiology;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2050312118784311

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Objective:The study examined the determinants of being hospitalized for pneumonia in a large cohort of drug users.Methods:Information of 4817 clients seeking treatment for illicit drug use was linked with the Finnish hospital discharge register to identify those who were hospitalized with main/primary diagnoses of pneumonia during 1997–2013. Cox regression models were used to examine the association between age, gender, homelessness, and route of drug administration of the primary drug at initial clinical consultation and pneumonia hospitalization. Findings were presented as adjusted hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals.Results:There were 354 persons diagnosed with pneumonia, with a total of 522 hospitalizations at the end of 2013. The univariate Cox models revealed that being over 44 years of age, male gender, homelessness, and intravenous drug use at initial clinical consultation increased the risk of being hospitalized for pneumonia. In the fully adjusted multivariate model, being over 44 years w...

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