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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Nonmedical"”.
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High school students' perceptions of the non-medical use of ADHD prescription stimulant medications
… with a prescription for ADHD, as well as, the nonmedical or illicit use of stimulant medications by those without a prescription or a diagnosis of ADHD. This phenomenon has been particularly present on college campuses. The purpose of this study was to examine prevalence of misuse and …
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Long-Term Opioid Prescribing among Patients Living with Metastatic Cancer as a Chronic Disease
… opioid-related healthcare utilization, and nonmedical use within cancer populations. However, many of these studies exclude patients with metastatic disease, and very few specifically investigate this population. The work reported in this thesis aims to address this knowledge gap by …
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Screening for At-Risk Substance Use and Behavioral Health Concerns in University Primary Care
… care, with cut-off scores of 1 for tobacco and nonmedical prescription drug use, and 2 for at-risk alcohol and illicit drug use. Results also suggest that behavioral health risk factors commonly co-occur, thereby supporting the development of brief, combined interventions targeting multiple risk …
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The Non-Medical Expenses Associated with Childhood Cancer
… to: 1) describe the types of non-reimbursable, nonmedical, direct expenses incurred by North Central families of children with cancer, and 2) determine the amount of money families spend for these expenses.<br> A descriptive-correlation design was used in a survey of twenty-five families (n=25) …
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Nonopioid therapies in the treatment of chronic pain and their abilities to reduce opioid prescriptions
… admitted to using pain relief medication for nonmedical purposes in the United States totaling a cost of approximately 55 billion dollars annually, the combined burden of chronic pain and addiction is considerable. To curb the sufferings created by chronic pain, it is essential to investigate …
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Alcohol use among military personnel: an examination of demographic and sociological determinants
… from The 1985 Worldwide Survey of Alcohol and Nonmedical Drug Use among Military Personnel which included 17,328 active duty military personnel. Analysis of Variance and Pearson r were used to examine the zero-order relationships among all independent and dependent variables in the study. …
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Understanding the motivation to use anabolic steroids: an application of the theory of reasoned action
The nonmedical use of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) is an emerging public health concern. Despite a recent call for AAS prevention by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Lin & Erinoff, 1990), little theory-based research has been conducted on the etiology of AAS use. In the present study, …
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Salient Beliefs and Social Influence on Intentions to Misuse Prescription Opioid Pain Relieving Drugs for Recreational Purposes: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior
… move away from solely using terminology such as “nonmedical use” or “misuse” to describe this behavior as these definitions produce a degree of ambiguity when attempting to understand the determinants of this behavior, determinants which are necessary for behavior change interventions.
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Relevance of a positive latex specific IgE result in a non medical occupational setting
… relevance of a positive latex specific IgE in a nonmedical setting. Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and relevance of latex sensitization at this traditionally a low latex exposure factory. It also aimed to increase awareness of latex exposure and provide …
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Integrating The Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use and Dating Violence: Evidence from Systematic, Epidemiologic, and Intervention Studies
… = 0.0075). Bullying was uniquely associated with nonmedical prescription opioid use (NMPOU; 3.8 percentage points; AOR = 1.48) and no other substance. Karlson-Holm-Breen decomposition showed only 10.3% of bullying’s opioid association was mediated by polysubstance involvement, consistent with an …
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Social and cognitive influences on prescribing decisions among non-medical prescribers.
Non-medical prescribers make an increasing contribution to healthcare across the UK yet little is known about influences on their prescribing decision-making. The aim of this programme of research was to explore and describe prescribing decision-making by non-medical prescribers. A two stage …
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An investigation of the structures and processes of pharmacist prescribing in Great Britain: a mixed methods approach.
The aim of this research was to investigate the structures and processes of pharmacist prescribing in Great Britain, focusing on primary care settings. A sequential, mixed-methods approach was employed in the conduct of the research. The first phase in January 2009 was a cross-sectional postal …
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The household economic impact of Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) in South Africa
… Direct costs comprise both medical and nonmedical costs, which may include both the financial cost of resources as well as opportunity costs (e.g., of capital items). Human capital approach was used to calculate indirect cost. Implicit in the human capital approach is the assumption that …