Harm to Others from Substance Use and Abuse: The Underused Potential in Nationwide Registers

Lund, Ingunn Olea; Bukten, Anne

doi:10.4137/sart.s23545

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“…In addition, information on unhealthy behaviours was not updated throughout the follow-up period. The CPHR, NPR and NorPD are complete resources for identifying contact with—and treatment in—primary health care, specialist health care and assessing prescription drug use in large populations and with the potential for long-term follow-up [ 85 , 86 ]. However, it was not possible to confirm whether the dispensed drugs registered in our study reflect the actual drug use, and there was no information about the drugs used among the participants in the hospital.…”

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Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries

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Hartz

et al. 2023

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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Background There is increasing need for prospective investigations in the preventing role of health-related behaviours on mental health problems. The aim of this study is to identify patterns of health-related behaviours in adolescence, and the association between the behavioural patterns and the subsequent diagnoses and/or drug treatment for anxiety and/or depression in adulthood. Methods This prospective study consisted of 13–19-year-old participants in the Trøndelag Health Study (Young-HUNT3) in 2006–2008 (n = 2061, 1205 females and 856 males) in Norway, who also participated in HUNT4 (2017–2019). Survey data on health-related behaviours in adolescence, including low level of physical activity, low consumption of wholegrain bread, fish, fruit, vegetables and high consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and insomnia were linked on an individual level to prospective information on drug use and diagnosis in national health registries. The different patterns of health-related behaviours were identified through latent class analysis. Subsequent anxiety or depression was defined as at least one recording in either of three registries covering recorded diagnosis in primary and specialist healthcare, or dispensed prescription drugs during 2008–2019. Additionally, self-reported psychological distress measured in young adulthood was applied as a supplemental outcome measure. Results Four patterns of health-related behaviours were identified: high risk behaviours (class 1), moderate to high risk behaviours (class 2), low to moderate risk behaviours (class 3) and low risk behaviours (class 4). Adolescents in class 3 showed higher odds of subsequent diagnoses for anxiety and/or depression in primary and specialist healthcare compared to class 4 participants. In addition, both class 1 and class 4 participants had higher odds for self-reported psychological distress than those class 4 (OR = 1.56 and OR = 1.86, respectively). Conclusions Our findings suggest that health-related behaviours are clustered among Norwegian adolescents. The patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence only partly increased the risk of anxiety and depression in adulthood. Promoting healthy behaviours during adolescence may potentially reduce the burden of mental illness in adulthood, but further research is needed to clarify the nature of the relationships.

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Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries

Kleppang

Vettore

Hartz

et al. 2023

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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“…The first article describes the great potential in using nationwide registries, either alone or in combination with surveys, to study harm to others from substance use. 18 The next two articles describe the background and design of cohort studies that combine registry and survey data. 16,17 Lund and Bukten note that nation-wide registers are rarely used to study harm to others from substance use.…”

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“…16,17 Lund and Bukten note that nation-wide registers are rarely used to study harm to others from substance use. 18 Their paper provides an introduction to how registers can be applied to study harm to children or partners from parental or partner substance use, respectively. Advantages include the long-term follow-up of entire or large subsets of a population with minimal attrition.…”

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“…The articles represent a variety of study designs, including large-scale population surveys, nationwide registry studies, and studies applying neuropsychological tests, and clinical interviews and observations. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Experts in the field have also contributed with a commentary and an opinion article. 20,21 Additionally, this special issue includes other articles related to harm to others from substance use and abuse that are not described in detail in this editorial.…”

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“…[4][5][6] However, cross-sectional surveys, which are more sensitive to selection bias, are most common, 4,7 while national registries and databases provide untapped potential for research on drug use and the prison population. 8,9 The Nordic countries have developed advanced national registries and databases based on personal identification numbers (PINs) assigned to all residents. The unique PIN enables the linkage of information on an individual level between several registries for the purpose of official statistics and research.…”

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Exploring the external validity of survey data with triangulation: A case study from the Norwegian Offender Mental Health and Addiction (NorMA) Study

Lokdam

Stavseth

Bukten

2021

Research Methods in Medicine & Health Sciences

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Objectives This paper demonstrates how to investigate the external validity of a study sample by triangulating survey and registry data, using data from the Norwegian Offender Mental Health and Addiction (NorMA) Study as a case. Methods We use survey data from the NorMA study ( n = 1495), including the NorMA cohort ( n = 733), and data from the Norwegian Prison Registry on all people imprisoned on 1 September 2013 ( n = 3386). Triangulation was performed by (1) comparing the NorMA cohort to those lost to follow-up ( n = 762), using survey data from the NorMA study. Secondly, we compared the NorMA cohort to the one-day population, using data from the Norwegian Prison Registry. We also stratified the one-day sample by possession of a Norwegian personal identification number (PIN). Results We found differences in birthplace, imprisonment and drug use between the NorMA cohort, lost to follow-up and the one-day population. Twenty-three percent of the one-day population did not have a Norwegian PIN. The NorMA cohort was more similar to those with a Norwegian PIN in the one-day population. Our triangulation demonstrates that 56–62% of the Norwegian prison population had an indication of drug use before imprisonment. Conclusions The NorMA cohort was overall representative of the one-day prison population holding a Norwegian PIN and less representative of prisoners without a Norwegian PIN. Using this method provides tangible inputs on the strengths and limitations of a study sample and can be a feasible method to investigate the external validity of survey data.

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Harm to Others from Substance Use and Abuse: The Underused Potential in Nationwide Registers

Cited by 11 publications

References 27 publications

Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries

Patterns of unhealthy behaviours during adolescence and subsequent anxiety and depression in adulthood: a prospective register linkage study of the HUNT survey and health registries

Harm to Others from Substance use and Abuse

Exploring the external validity of survey data with triangulation: A case study from the Norwegian Offender Mental Health and Addiction (NorMA) Study

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