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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Pouget ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5567991 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of drug issues 20170322 3
Rising rates of overdose mortality underscore the importance of understanding and preventing overdose. We developed a seven-item scale for the assessment of nonfatal opioid-related overdose experiences, adding items on others' perceptions of whether the participant had overdosed and whether an intervention was attempted to frequently used criteria. We administered the scale to 240 primarily male and minority veterans, recruited using venue-based and chain-referral sampling, who separated from th ...[more]