Prevalence and correlates of methamphetamine use in transitional age youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability in San Francisco, CA.
Adam Leonard, Janessa Broussard, Jennifer Jain and 3 others
PMID 36480216WHAT IT FOUND
Among 100 homeless or marginally housed youth in San Francisco, 28% reported methamphetamine use in the past 3 months.
HIV, depression symptoms, PTSD symptoms, polysubstance use, and injection drug use were associated with that use.
Key findings
0128% of 100 marginally housed and homeless transitional-aged youth in San Francisco reported methamphetamine use in the prior 3 months.
02In multivariable logistic regression, living with HIV, depressive symptoms, symptoms consistent with PTSD, polysubstance use, and history of injection drug use were significantly associated with greater odds of methamphetamine use.
03Because the study was cross-sectional, it cannot show whether these factors preceded or followed methamphetamine use.
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What it does not show
The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show whether HIV, mental health symptoms, polysubstance use, or injection drug use came before methamphetamine use. The sample was small, with 100 participants, and some adjusted estimates had wide confidence intervals. No prior power analysis was conducted, so the study may have missed associations that exist. Methamphetamine use and other substance use were self-reported, so recall and social desirability bias are possible. The sample came from one community organization in San Francisco, so findings may not apply to youth in other regions.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as proof that any factor caused methamphetamine use. The study was cross-sectional, and the sample was small with wide uncertainty around some estimates.