Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2023
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Individuals who have substance use disorders may have an elevated risk of suicidality. This study sought to examine the prevalence of, and identify factors associated with, suicidality in adults with opioid use disorder (OUD) initiating office-based buprenorphine treatment.
METHODS: Individuals were eligible to participate if they had OUD and had initiated treatment in the past month. Participants (n = 244) completed a semi-structured interview using the Addiction Severity Index-Lite.
RESULTS: At baseline, 37.70% of participants reported significant thoughts of suicide over their lifetime and 27.46% reported suicidal attempts over their lifetime. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify predictors of lifetime suicidal thoughts and attempts. A history of physical abuse (OR = 4.31, p < .001), having chronic pain-related conditions (OR = 3.28, p < .001), a history of depression (OR = 3.30, p = .001) or anxiety (OR = 7.47, p = .001), and Latino/a/x ethnicity (OR = 2.66, p = .01) were associated with an increased risk of lifetime suicidal thoughts. A history of sexual abuse (OR = 2.89, p = .01), Latino/a/x ethnicity (OR = 4.01, p < .001), a history of depression (OR = 4.03, p = .001) or anxiety (OR = 15.65, p = .007) and having a chronic pain-related condition (OR = 2.43, p = .01), were associated with an increased risk of lifetime suicide attempts.
CONCLUSIONS: Results demonstrate the high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among patients initiating buprenorphine. Findings may help to better identify at-risk patients and to inform screening, prevention, and mental health treatment efforts.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04650386 (registered 12 December 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04650386 ) and NCT04257214 (registered 5 February 2020, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04257214 ).
Publication Title
Addiction Science and Clinical Practice
Volume
18
Issue
1
PubMed ID
37264472
Recommended Citation
Lent, Michelle R.; Dugosh, Karen L; Hurstak, Emily; Callahan, Hannah R.; Mazur, Kimberly; and Greater Philadelphia Opioid Use Disorder Research Group, "Prevalence and predictors of suicidality among adults initiating office-based buprenorphine." (2023). PCOM Scholarly Papers. 2210.
https://digitalcommons.pcom.edu/scholarly_papers/2210
Comments
This article was published in Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, Volume 18, Issue 1.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-023-00393-y.
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). CC BY 4.0.