Relationship of problematic cannabis use among youth in Spain with perceived risk, environmental factors and sociodemographic factors.

The relationship of problematic cannabis consumption with perceived risk, socioenvironmental and sociodemographic factors among youth in Spain is not well known. The aims of this study are: 1) to describe the patterns of cannabis consumption (problematic and non-problematic) in Spanish youth, and 2) to explore whether problematic cannabis consumption is related to perceived risk, environmental factors and individual sociodemographic characteristics. A cross-sectional design based on data from the 2015/16 Spanish Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs (EDADES) was performed.

[Community health assessment of the programme "Barcelona Health in the Neighbourhoods". Methodology for a participatory process].

This paper describes the methodology used for the assessment of health needs within a programme aimed at promoting health equity in disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the city of Barcelona (Spain). The assessment process involves the use of mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative) in order to obtain information regarding the health of the community, its determinants, and the availability of health-related assets. Quantitative data consists of indicators from different sources.

Differences in mortality in a cohort of cocaine use disorder patients with concurrent alcohol or opiates disorder.

Aims: To study mortality in a cohort of cocaine use disorder patients, and compare results in those with concurrent alcohol or opiates disorder.

Design, Setting And Participants: A cohort of 10 539 cocaine use disorder individuals entering drug treatment in public out-patient centres in the city of Barcelona was followed from 1997 to 2011. Participants were divided at baseline into three groups: those with only cocaine use disorder (CUD), those with cocaine and alcohol use disorder but not opioid (CAUD) and those with cocaine and opioid use disorder (COUD).

Gender differences in the use of alcohol and prescription drugs in relation to job insecurity. Testing a model of mediating factors.

Background: The results of several studies suggest that economy-related stressors are less distressing for women compared with men. This study proposed to examine the relationship of perceived job insecurity with the use of licit drugs using a theoretical model that considered antecedents and mediators of this association, in order to identify differences between working men and women.

Methods: Using information from the Catalan Health Survey (2010-2014), we selected working individuals aged 16-64 who were primary providers of household income (N=5315).

Economic crisis and changes in drug use in the Spanish economically active population.

Aims: To examine changes in the use of alcohol, cannabis and hypnotics/sedatives between two periods (before and during Spain's economic crisis), and to identify differences in the change between employed and unemployed individuals.

Design: Using cross-sectional data from four editions of the Spanish Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs, we selected economically active individuals aged 16-64 years (total sample = 62 440) and defined two periods, pre-crisis [period 1 (P1) = 2005-07] and crisis (P2 = 2009-11). Poisson regression models with robust variance were fitted to obtain prevalence ratios (PR) of heavy and binge drinking and multinomial regression models to obtain relative risk ratios (RRR) of cannabis and hypnotic/sedative use between the two periods, also considering the interaction between period and employment status.

The relationship between labour market categories and alcohol use trajectories in midlife.

Background And Aims: Studies on the role of labour market position and change in alcohol use during midlife are scarce and their results are inconclusive mainly due to their failure to define comprehensive and distinct labour market groups and the short periods of time studied. In this study we used different activity categories for men and women to examine alcohol use trajectories in midlife covering a period of 17 years.

Methods: Using data from four sweeps of the National Child Development Study covering ages 33-50 (N=9960), we used multilevel growth models to study the association between labour market categories and longitudinal changes in weekly units of alcohol consumed.

[Prevalence of the use of hypnotics and sedatives among the working population and associated work-related stress factors].

Objective: To explore the prevalence of the use of hypnotics and sedatives in a sample of the Spanish working population and to examine its association with certain work-related stress factors.

Methods: Using data from the 2007 Spanish Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs (Encuesta Domiciliaria sobre Alcohol y Drogas en España [EDADES]), we analyzed the distribution of the use of hypnotics and sedatives in the previous month in the working population aged 16 to 64 years old (n=13,005). Associations with exposure to certain work-related stress factors (noxious working environment, precariousness, workload, and social support) were examined using logistic regression modelling.

Work-related stress factors associated with problem drinking: A study of the Spanish working population.

Background: Workers may drink to cope with stress or to overcome negative emotions arising from an aversive working context, but results of previous studies are inconclusive on the specific work features affecting alcohol use.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was designed with data on 13,005 working individuals from the Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs in Spain (EDADES)-2007. We examined the associations between two drinking patterns and four measures of work-related stress factors.

[Exploration and validation of working conditions questionnaire items included in the Spanish Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs (EDADES)].

Objective: To identify and validate a factor structure from items on working conditions included in the 2007 edition of Spanish Household Survey on Alcohol and Drugs (EDADES-2007) for use in research on consumption of addictive substances with this survey.

Methods: We performed a factor analysis of the questionnaire items using a cross-validation technique with a subsample of EDADES 2007 (N=13,005). Exploratory factor analysis with half of this sample yielded a latent factor structure.

Sex differences in the cumulative incidence of substance use by birth cohort.

Background: Men present higher overall rates of substance use and abuse than women; yet, evidence suggests that an increase of substance use by the younger cohorts of women in recent decades is narrowing this gap in western societies. Moreover, younger cohorts may also be reporting earlier initiation of substance use, representing an increased risk for developing substance-related problems. With this study we intend to identify changes in the patterns of substance use of men and women in Spain for public health policy, planning and intervention.