The Association of Opioid Use Disorder and COVID-19, a Longitudinal Study.
Int J Prev Med
; 13: 157, 2022.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2201821
ABSTRACT
Background:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quickly spread to the world, causing a pandemic. While some studies have found no link between opioid use disorder (OUD) and COVID-19, the role of opioid on COVID-19 is challenging. The present study aimed to determine the relationship between OUD and COVID-19.Methods:
This was a prospective cohort study. We used data from the third phase of the Shahroud Eye Cohort Study on 4394 participants which started in September 2019 and ended before the COVID-19 epidemic in Shahroud in February 2020. The participants were followed for about 13 months till March 26, 2021. COVID-19 was detected by RT-PCR on swap samples from the oropharynx and nasopharynx. The incidence of COVID-19 compared in OUD and non-OUD participants, and relative risk was calculated in log-binomial regression models.Results:
Among the 4394 participants with a mean age of 61.1 years, 120 people had OUD. The incidence of COVID-19 in participants with OUD and non-OUD was 4.17% and 6.22%, respectively (P-value 0356). The relative risk of OUD for COVID-19 was 0.60 (95% confidence intervals 0.25-1.44; P value 0.251).Conclusions:
OUD was not associated with COVID-19. The claim that people with OUD are less likely to develop COVID-19 is not supported by these data.
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Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Prev Med
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijpvm.ijpvm_68_22
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