Mortality and negative outcomes of opioid use and opioid use disorder: a 6‐year follow‐up study
Gholami J, Baheshmat S, Rostam‐Abadi Y, Hamzehzadeh M, Mojtabai R, Rahimi‐Movaghar A, Amin‐Esmaeili M. Mortality and negative outcomes of opioid use and opioid use disorder: a 6‐year follow‐up study. Addiction 2022, 117: 2059-2066. PMID: 35037359, DOI: 10.1111/add.15805.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComposite International Diagnostic InterviewOutcomes of opioid use disorderOpioid use disorderOpioid useDeath registration systemFollow-up studyWeighted incidence rateMiddle-income countriesAdverse outcomesNegative consequences of opioid useUse disorderFollow-up interviewsCohort of individualsOutcomes of opioid useConsequences of opioid useHealth outcomesFollow-upVital statusAssociated with increased mortalityTelephone callsDiagnostic InterviewRegistration systemPopulation-wereDeath rateHousehold survey