2024
Transactional sex and its associated factors among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Nepal
Sujan M, Paudel K, Gautam K, Khati A, Wickersham J, Dhakal M, Ha T, Shrestha R. Transactional sex and its associated factors among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Nepal. Sexual Health 2024, 21 PMID: 39388431, DOI: 10.1071/sh24178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransactional sexPrevalence of transactional sexFactors associated with transactional sexExchange of sexReduce transactional sexPolice detentionMental health challengesEconomic vulnerabilityTransgender womenFinancial dependenceGBMSMCondomless sexSubstance useAssociated with adverse health outcomesNepalParticipants' sociodemographic characteristics,Cross-sectional surveyMultivariate logistic regression analysisAdverse health outcomesAge of participantsHealth outcomesSexually transmitted infectionsHigh-risk groupSociodemographic characteristicsLogistic regression analysis
2022
Clinic-Integrated Mobile Health Intervention (“JomPrEP” App) to Improve Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Protocol for an Intervention Development and Multiphase Trial
Shrestha R, Wickersham J, Khati A, Azwa I, Ni Z, Kamarulzaman A, Sullivan P, Jadkarim L, Eger W, Gautam K, Altice F. Clinic-Integrated Mobile Health Intervention (“JomPrEP” App) to Improve Uptake of HIV Testing and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Malaysia: Protocol for an Intervention Development and Multiphase Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2022, 11: e43318. PMID: 36542425, PMCID: PMC9813821, DOI: 10.2196/43318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERPre-exposure prophylaxisHIV prevention servicesHIV testingMalaysian MSMPhase IHIV preventionPrevention servicesLarge-scale efficacy trialsHIV prevention resourcesMobile health interventionsHIV prevention effortsCare delivery servicesHealth care delivery servicesMultiphase trialPrEP servicesMiddle-income countriesHIV epidemicEfficacy trialsTrial designPrevention strategiesEntrenched stigmaHealth outcomesReal-world settingHealth interventionsPopulation-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020
Collaborators G, Bryazka D, Reitsma M, Griswold M, Abate K, Abbafati C, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abbasi-Kangevari Z, Abdoli A, Abdollahi M, Abdullah A, Abhilash E, Abu-Gharbieh E, Acuna J, Addolorato G, Adebayo O, Adekanmbi V, Adhikari K, Adhikari S, Adnani Q, Afzal S, Agegnehu W, Aggarwal M, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad A, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi S, Ahmed H, Rashid T, Akunna C, Al Hamad H, Alam Z, Alem D, Alene K, Alimohamadi Y, Alizadeh A, Allel K, Alonso J, Alvand S, Alvis-Guzman N, Amare F, Ameyaw E, Amiri S, Ancuceanu R, Anderson J, Andrei C, Andrei T, Arabloo J, Arshad M, Artamonov A, Aryan Z, Asaad M, Asemahagn M, Astell-Burt T, Athari S, Atnafu D, Atorkey, Atreya A, Ausloos F, Ausloos M, Ayano G, Ayanore M, Ayinde O, Ayuso-Mateos J, Azadnajafabad S, Azanaw M, Azangou-Khyavy M, Jafari A, Azzam A, Badiye A, Bagheri N, Bagherieh S, Bairwa M, Bakkannavar S, Bakshi R, Balchut/Bilchut A, Bärnighausen T, Barra F, Barrow A, Baskaran P, Belo L, Bennett D, Benseñor I, Bhagavathula A, Bhala N, Bhalla A, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattacharyya K, Bhojaraja V, Bintoro B, Blokhina E, Bodicha B, Boloor A, Bosetti C, Braithwaite D, Brenner H, Briko N, Brunoni A, Butt Z, Cao C, Cao Y, Cárdenas R, Carvalho A, Carvalho M, Castaldelli-Maia J, Castelpietra G, Castro-de-Araujo L, Cattaruzza M, Chakraborty P, Charan J, Chattu V, Chaurasia A, Cherbuin N, Chu D, Chudal N, Chung S, Churko C, Ciobanu L, Cirillo M, Claro R, Costanzo S, Cowden R, Criqui M, Cruz-Martins N, Culbreth G, Dachew B, Dadras O, Dai X, Damiani G, Dandona L, Dandona R, Daniel B, Danielewicz A, Gela J, Davletov K, de Araujo J, de Sá-Junior A, Debela S, Dehghan A, Demetriades A, Molla M, Desai R, Desta A, da Silva D, Diaz D, Digesa L, Diress M, Dodangeh M, Dongarwar D, Dorostkar F, Dsouza H, Duko B, Duncan B, Edvardsson K, Ekholuenetale M, Elgar F, Elhadi M, Elmonem M, Endries A, Eskandarieh S, Etemadimanesh A, Fagbamigbe A, Fakhradiyev I, Farahmand F, Farinha C, Faro A, Farzadfar F, Fatehizadeh A, Fauk N, Feigin V, Feldman R, Feng X, Fentaw Z, Ferrero S, Desideri L, Filip I, Fischer F, Francis J, Franklin R, Gaal P, Gad M, Gallus S, Galvano F, Ganesan B, Garg T, Gebrehiwot M, Gebremeskel T, Gebremichael M, Gemechu T, Getacher L, Getachew M, Obsa A, Getie A, Ghaderi A, Ghafourifard M, Ghajar A, Ghamari S, Ghandour L, Nour M, Ghashghaee A, Ghozy S, Glozah F, Glushkova E, Godos J, Goel A, Goharinezhad S, Golechha M, Goleij P, Golitaleb M, Greaves F, Grivna M, Grosso G, Gudayu T, Gupta B, Gupta R, Gupta S, Gupta V, Gupta V, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haj-Mirzaian A, Hall B, Halwani R, Handiso T, Hankey G, Hariri S, Haro J, Hasaballah A, Hassanian-Moghaddam H, Hay S, Hayat K, Heidari G, Heidari M, Hendrie D, Herteliu C, Heyi D, Hezam K, Hlongwa M, Holla R, Hossain M, Hossain S, Hosseini S, hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Hu G, Huang J, Hussain S, Ibitoye S, Ilic I, Ilic M, Immurana M, Irham L, Islam M, Islam R, Islam M, Iso H, Itumalla R, Iwagami M, Jabbarinejad R, Jacob L, Jakovljevic M, Jamalpoor Z, Jamshidi E, Jayapal S, Jayarajah U, Jayawardena R, Jebai R, Jeddi S, Jema A, Jha R, Jindal H, Jonas J, Joo T, Joseph N, Joukar F, Jozwiak J, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kabthymer R, Kamble B, Kandel H, Kanno G, Kapoor N, Karaye I, Karimi S, Kassa B, Kaur R, Kayode G, Keykhaei M, Khajuria H, Khalilov R, Khan I, Khan M, Kim H, Kim J, Kim M, Kimokoti R, Kivimäki M, Klymchuk V, Knudsen A, Kolahi A, Korshunov V, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Krishnamoorthy Y, Kumar G, Kumar N, Kumar N, Lacey B, Lallukka T, Lasrado S, Lau J, Lee S, Lee W, Lee Y, Lim L, Lim S, Lobo S, Lopukhov P, Lorkowski S, Lozano R, Lucchetti G, Madadizadeh F, Madureira-Carvalho Á, Mahjoub S, Mahmoodpoor A, Mahumud R, Makki A, Malekpour M, Manjunatha N, Mansouri B, Mansournia M, Martinez-Raga J, Martinez-Villa F, Matzopoulos R, Maulik P, Mayeli M, McGrath J, Meena J, Nasab E, Menezes R, Mensink G, Mentis A, Meretoja A, Merga B, Mestrovic T, Jonasson J, Miazgowski B, de Sá A, Miller T, Mini G, Mirica A, Mirijello A, Mirmoeeni S, Mirrakhimov E, Misra S, Moazen B, Mobarakabadi M, Moccia M, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi E, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed T, Moka N, Mokdad A, Momtazmanesh S, Moradi Y, Mostafavi E, Mubarik S, Mullany E, Mulugeta B, Murillo-Zamora E, Murray C, Mwita J, Naghavi M, Naimzada M, Nangia V, Nayak B, Negoi I, Negoi R, Nejadghaderi S, Nepal S, Neupane S, Kandel S, Nigatu Y, Nowroozi A, Nuruzzaman K, Nzoputam C, Obamiro K, Ogbo F, Oguntade A, Okati-Aliabad H, Olakunde B, Oliveira G, Bali A, Omer E, Ortega-Altamirano D, Otoiu A, Otstavnov S, Oumer B, Mahesh P, Padron-Monedero A, Palladino R, Pana A, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Pandey A, Pardhan S, Parekh T, Park E, Parry C, Kan F, Patel J, Pati S, Patton G, Paudel U, Pawar S, Peden A, Petcu I, Phillips M, Pinheiro M, Plotnikov E, Pradhan P, Prashant A, Quan J, Radfar A, Rafiei A, Raghav P, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman A, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani A, Rahmani S, Ranabhat C, Ranasinghe P, Rao C, Rasali D, Rashidi M, Ratan Z, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Rawal L, Renzaho A, Rezaei N, Rezaei S, Rezaeian M, Riahi S, Romero-Rodríguez E, Roth G, Rwegerera G, Saddik B, Sadeghi E, Sadeghian R, Saeed U, Saeedi F, Sagar R, Sahebkar A, Sahoo H, Sahraian M, Saif-Ur-Rahman K, Salahi S, Salimzadeh H, Samy A, Sanmarchi F, Santric-Milicevic M, Sarikhani Y, Sathian B, Saya G, Sayyah M, Schmidt M, Schutte A, Schwarzinger M, Schwebel D, Seidu A, Kumar N, SeyedAlinaghi S, Seylani A, Sha F, Shahin S, Shahraki-Sanavi F, Shahrokhi S, Shaikh M, Shaker E, Shakhmardanov M, Shams-Beyranvand M, Sheikhbahaei S, Sheikhi R, Shetty A, Shetty J, Shiferaw D, Shigematsu M, Shiri R, Shirkoohi R, Shivakumar K, Shivarov V, Shobeiri P, Shrestha R, Sidemo N, Sigfusdottir I, Silva D, da Silva N, Singh J, Singh S, Skryabin V, Skryabina A, Sleet D, Solmi M, SOLOMON Y, Song S, Song Y, Sorensen R, Soshnikov S, Soyiri I, Stein D, Subba S, Szócska M, Tabarés-Seisdedos R, Tabuchi T, Taheri M, Tan K, Tareke M, Tarkang E, Temesgen G, Temesgen W, Temsah M, Thankappan K, Thapar R, Thomas N, Tiruneh C, Todorovic J, Torrado M, Touvier M, Tovani-Palone M, Tran M, Trias-Llimós S, Tripathy J, Vakilian A, Valizadeh R, Varmaghani M, Varthya S, Vasankari T, Vos T, Wagaye B, Waheed Y, Walde M, Wang C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Westerman R, Wickramasinghe N, Wubetu A, Xu S, Yamagishi K, Yang L, Yesera G, Yigit A, Yiğit V, Yimaw A, Yon D, Yonemoto N, Yu C, Zadey S, Zahir M, Zare I, Zastrozhin M, Zastrozhina A, Zhang Z, Zhong C, Zmaili M, Zuniga Y, Gakidou E. Population-level risks of alcohol consumption by amount, geography, age, sex, and year: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020. The Lancet 2022, 400: 185-235. PMID: 35843246, PMCID: PMC9289789, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00847-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTheoretical minimum risk exposure levelStandard drinksAlcohol consumptionGlobal burdenHealth outcomesDisease ratesModerate alcohol consumptionRelative risk curveHealth risksPopulation-level riskAge groupsRisk curvesOverall riskRisk exposure levelAlcohol useHarmful amountsMelinda Gates FoundationHealth lossYoung individualsExposure levelsAgeRiskSexDrinksDaysPrevalence and Correlates of Active Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Use Among Female Sex Workers in Malaysia
Pedersen CJ, Wickersham JA, Altice FL, Kamarulzaman A, Khoshnood K, Gibson BA, Khati A, Maviglia F, Shrestha R. Prevalence and Correlates of Active Amphetamine-Type Stimulant Use Among Female Sex Workers in Malaysia. Frontiers In Psychiatry 2022, 13: 879479. PMID: 35774093, PMCID: PMC9237260, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.879479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFemale sex workersATS useSubstance use disordersAmphetamine-type stimulantsUse disordersSevere substance use disordersAmphetamine-type stimulant useSex workersAdverse health outcomesLogistic regression analysisAdverse health consequencesSexual risk behaviorsBehavioral health issuesUse of drugsHarm reduction strategiesSex work clientsRespondent-driven samplingHIV transmissionMultivariable modelHigh prevalenceHealth outcomesDrug useSex workTransgender womenRisk behaviors
2021
Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Collaborators G, Kendrick P, Reitsma M, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abdoli A, Abdollahi M, Abedi A, Abhilash E, Aboyans V, Adebayo O, Advani S, Ahinkorah B, Ahmad S, Ahmadi K, Ahmed H, Aji B, Akalu Y, Akunna C, Alahdab F, Al-Aly Z, Alanezi F, Alanzi T, Alhabib K, Ali T, Alif M, Alipour V, Aljunid S, Alomari M, Amin T, Amini S, Amu H, Ancuceanu R, Anderson J, Andrei C, Andrei T, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Antony B, Anvari D, Arabloo J, Arian N, Arora M, Artanti K, Asmare W, Atnafu D, Ausloos M, Awan A, Ayano G, Aynalem G, Azari S, Darshan B, Badiye A, Baig A, Banach M, Banerjee S, Barker-Collo S, Bärnighausen T, Barqawi H, Basu S, Bayati M, Bazargan-Hejazi S, Bekuma T, Bennett D, Bensenor I, Benzian H, Benziger C, Berman A, Bhagavathula A, Bhala N, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhattacharyya K, Bibi S, Bijani A, Biondi A, Braithwaite D, Brenner H, Brunoni A, Burkart K, Nagaraja S, Butt Z, dos Santos F, Car J, Carreras G, Castaldelli-Maia J, Cattaruzza M, Chang J, Chaturvedi P, Chen S, Chido-Amajuoyi O, Chu D, Chung S, Ciobanu L, Costa V, Couto R, Dagnew B, Dai X, Damasceno A, Damiani G, Dandona L, Dandona R, Daneshpajouhnejad P, Gela J, Molla M, Desta A, Dharmaratne S, Dhimal M, Eagan A, Kalan M, Edvardsson K, Effiong A, Tantawi M, Elbarazi I, Esmaeilnejad S, Fadhil I, Faraon E, Farwati M, Farzadfar F, Fazlzadeh M, Feigin V, Feldman R, Filip I, Filippidis F, Fischer F, Flor L, Foigt N, Folayan M, Foroutan M, Gad M, Gallus S, Geberemariyam B, Gebregiorgis B, Getacher L, Obsa A, Ghafourifard M, Gheshlagh R, Ghashghaee A, Ghith N, Gil G, Gill P, Ginawi I, Goharinezhad S, Golechha M, Gopalani S, Gorini G, Grivna M, Guha A, Guimarães R, Guo Y, Gupta R, Gupta R, Gupta T, Gupta V, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haider M, Hamadeh R, Hankey G, Hargono A, Hay S, Heidari G, Herteliu C, Hezam K, Hird T, Holla R, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Hsiao T, Huang J, Ibeneme C, Ibitoye S, Ilic I, Ilic M, Inbaraj L, Irvani S, Islam J, Islam R, Islam M, Islami F, Iso H, Itumalla R, Jaafari J, Jain V, Jakovljevic M, Jang S, Jayaram S, Jeemon P, Jha R, Jonas J, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kabir Z, Kalankesh L, Kanchan T, Kandel H, Kapoor N, Karch A, Karimi S, Kebede K, Kelkay B, Kennedy R, Khader Y, Khan E, Khayamzadeh M, Kim G, Kimokoti R, Kivimäki M, Kosen S, Laxminarayana S, Koyanagi A, Krishan K, Kugbey N, Kumar G, Kumar N, Kurmi O, Kusuma D, Lacey B, Landires I, Lasrado S, Lauriola P, Lee D, Lee Y, Leung J, Li S, Lin H, Liu W, Lugo A, Kunjathur S, Majeed A, Maleki A, Malekzadeh R, Malta D, Mamun A, Manjunatha N, Mansouri B, Mansournia M, Martini S, Mathur M, Mathur P, Mazidi M, McKee M, Medina-Solís C, Mehata S, Mendoza W, Menezes R, Miazgowski B, Michalek I, Miller T, Mini G, Mirica A, Mirrakhimov E, Mirzaei H, Misra S, Mohammad Y, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed S, Mokdad A, Molokhia M, Monasta L, Moni M, Moradzadeh R, Morrison S, Mossie T, Mubarik S, Mullany E, Murray C, Nagaraju S, Naghavi M, Naik N, Nalini, Nangia V, Naqvi A, Swamy S, Naveed M, Nazari J, Nduaguba S, Negoi R, Kandel S, Nguyen H, Nigatu Y, Nixon M, Nnaji C, Noubiap J, Nowak C, Nuñez-Samudio V, Ogbo F, Oguntade A, Oh I, Olagunju A, Owolabi M, Mahesh P, Pakshir K, Pana A, Panagiotakos D, Panda-Jonas S, Pandey A, Parekh U, Park E, Park E, Kan F, Pathak M, Pawar S, Pestell R, Pham H, Pinheiro M, Pokhrel K, Pourshams A, Prashant A, Radfar A, Rahimi-Movaghar V, Rahman M, Rahman M, Rahmani A, Ram P, Rana J, Ranabhat C, Rathi P, Rawaf D, Rawaf S, Rawassizadeh R, Renzaho A, Rezapour A, Riaz M, Roever L, Ronfani L, Roshandel G, Roy A, Roy B, Saddik B, Sahebkar A, Salehi S, Salimzadeh H, Samy A, Sanabria J, Santric-Milicevic M, Jose B, Sathian B, Sawhney M, Saya G, Schwendicke F, Seidu A, Kumar N, Sepanlou S, Shafaat O, Shah S, Shaikh M, Shannawaz M, Sharafi K, Sheikh A, Sheikhbahaei S, Shigematsu M, Shiri R, Shishani K, Shivakumar K, Shivalli S, Shrestha R, Siabani S, Sidemo N, Sigfusdottir I, Sigurvinsdottir R, Silva J, Singh A, Singh J, Singh V, Sinha D, Skryabin V, Skryabina A, Soroush A, Soyiri I, Sreeramareddy C, Stein D, Steiropoulos P, Stortecky S, Straif K, Abdulkader R, Sulo G, Sundström J, Tabuchi T, Tadesse E, Tamiru A, Tareke M, Tareque I, Tarigan I, Thakur B, Thankappan K, Thapar R, Tolani M, Tovani-Palone M, Tran B, Tripathy J, Tsegaye G, Tymeson H, Ullah S, Unim B, Updike R, Uthman O, Vacante M, Vardavas C, Venketasubramanian N, Verma M, Vidale S, Vo B, Vu G, Waheed Y, Wang Y, Welding K, Werdecker A, Whisnant J, Wickramasinghe N, Wubishet B, Yamagishi K, Yano Y, Yazdi-Feyzabadi V, Yeshaw Y, Yimmer M, Yonemoto N, Yousefi Z, Yu C, Yunusa I, Yusefzadeh H, Zaman M, Zamani M, Zamanian M, Zastrozhin M, Zastrozhina A, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Zhong C, Zuniga Y, Gakidou E. Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health 2021, 6: e482-e499. PMID: 34051920, PMCID: PMC8251505, DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00065-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGlobal age-standardised prevalenceAge-standardised prevalenceTobacco useSignificant decreaseGlobal burdenRisk Factors Study (GBD) 2019Substantial public health problemDisease Study 2019High prevalence countriesAdverse health outcomesPublic health problemSmokeless tobacco useSmokeless tobacco productsGlobal health communitySmoking tobaccoPrevalence countriesSmoking useHigh prevalenceTobacco usersWHO Framework ConventionHealth outcomesHealth problemsPrevalenceSame time periodTobacco products
2016
Association Between Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and HIV-Risk Behaviors
Shrestha R, Copenhaver MM. Association Between Intimate Partner Violence Against Women and HIV-Risk Behaviors. Violence Against Women 2016, 22: 1621-1641. PMID: 26912296, PMCID: PMC5308057, DOI: 10.1177/1077801216628690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV risk behaviorsIntimate partner violenceSignificant global health issueInconsistent condom useAdverse health outcomesSTIs/HIVMultiple sex partnersSafer sexual practicesGlobal health issueHIV infectionHIV riskPartner violenceHealth outcomesSex partnersCondom useDisproportionate burdenEffective interventionsHealth issuesWomenHIVSexual practicesInfectionPotential relationshipRisk
2015
Long-Term Effects of Childhood Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Health During Adulthood.
Shrestha R, Copenhaver M. Long-Term Effects of Childhood Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Health During Adulthood. Clinical Medicine Reviews In Vascular Health 2015, 7: 1-5. PMID: 26312015, PMCID: PMC4547483, DOI: 10.4137/cmrvh.s29964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildhood risk factorsRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseEvidence-based interventionsCardiovascular healthLong-term effectsPrevention of CVDSubsequent cardiovascular healthAdulthood cardiovascular diseaseCause of deathAdverse health outcomesModifiable factorsHealth outcomesHealthy lifestyleMajor causeIntervention strategiesTerm effectsChildhoodAdulthoodCauseHealthFactorsFindingsDiseaseSeverityEarly Sexual Debut: A Risk Factor for STIs/HIV Acquisition Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in Nepal
Shrestha R, Karki P, Copenhaver M. Early Sexual Debut: A Risk Factor for STIs/HIV Acquisition Among a Nationally Representative Sample of Adults in Nepal. Journal Of Community Health 2015, 41: 70-77. PMID: 26184108, PMCID: PMC4715759, DOI: 10.1007/s10900-015-0065-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly sexual debutRisk factorsHIV acquisitionSexual debutRisk behaviorsTeenage pregnancyInfection risk factorsHistory of STIHIV prevention strategiesInconsistent condom useAdverse health outcomesHigh-risk profileSTIs/HIVMultivariate logistic modelMultiple sex partnersNepal Demographic Health SurveySexual risk behaviorsDemographic Health SurveyNationally Representative SampleMean agePotential confoundersHealth SurveyPrevention strategiesHealth outcomesSex partnersSex-Related Differences in Self-Reported Neurocognitive Impairment among High-Risk Cocaine Users in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program
Shrestha R, Huedo-Medina TB, Copenhaver MM. Sex-Related Differences in Self-Reported Neurocognitive Impairment among High-Risk Cocaine Users in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program. Substance Abuse Research And Treatment 2015, 9: sart.s23332. PMID: 25861219, PMCID: PMC4363005, DOI: 10.4137/sart.s23332.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSelf-reported neurocognitive impairmentSex-related differencesAdverse health outcomesNeurocognitive impairmentNeuropsychological Impairment ScaleCocaine usersHealth outcomesTreatment programMethadone maintenance treatment programPossible sex-related differencesMaintenance treatment programSubstance abuse treatmentDifferential treatment outcomesNeuropsychological symptomsPatient awarenessTreatment outcomesImpairment ScaleClinical careHigher scoresPrevention strategiesCocaine cravingConfounding variablesSignificant associationGreater impairmentNeurocognitive deficits