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2019

Pet ownership among people with substance use disorder: implications for health and use of treatment services

Bidragsytere:
  • Andi Kerr-Little
  • Ruth C. Newberry
  • Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen
  • Linn Gjersing
  • Ingeborg Bolstad
  • Jenny Skumsnes Moe
  • mfl.

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Publiseringsår: 2019
Sider: 212 - 212
ISBN:
  • 978-90-8686-889-6

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Emneord

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Fagfelt (NPI)

Fagfelt: Psykiatri
- Fagområde: Medisin og helsefag

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Tittel

Pet ownership among people with substance use disorder: implications for health and use of treatment services

Sammendrag

Information about the impact of pet ownership on the lives of people with substance use disorder (SUD) is lacking. SUD is frequently associated with other mental health problems, difficulties in forming and/or maintaining supportive networks, and high treatment dropout risk. Pet ownership may help by reducing anxiety and providing emotional support, companionship, and physical health benefits, but at the same time imposes demands for animal care. Our aim was to investigate how owning a pet relates to substance use patterns and use of SUD treatment services. Data were taken from two cross sectional questionnaire studies among people with SUD not in treatment (study 1) and in treatment (study 2), conducted from 2018 to 2019 in Norway. Study 1 data were gathered outside the clean needle centre in Oslo (n=214) and study 2 was undertaken at 3 SUD treatment centres in South-East Norway (n=90). Among respondents in Study 1, dog owners were less likely to inject heroin than non-dog owners (84 vs 58%, P=0.026) and pet owners were more likely to take heroin by other means (38 vs 57%, P=0.041, chi-sq. tests). In general, the pet owners were less likely to have sought medication assisted treatment than the non-pet owners (26 vs 49%, P=0.023, chi-sq.-test). Study 2 showed that, compared to non-pet owners, pet owners tended to have a higher level of mental distress at treatment start as measured by the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-10 (on a scale ranging from 1: no symptoms to 4: high) (mean±SD: 2.29±0.86 vs 1.95±0.59, p=0.065, Student’s T-test), and were more likely to drop out of treatment within 6 weeks (5 vs 17%, P=0.010, chi-sq.-test). Our results suggest that pet owners with SUD may have a less destructive pattern of heroin use than non-pet owners. However, utilisation of and retention in treatment services may be an area where difficulties are experienced. Pet owners may maintain themselves better at street level but, by the time they seek treatment, they may have poorer mental health and a higher drop-out risk. These findings suggest that owning a pet could be perceived as both a salutogenic factor and an obstacle in the treatment process. While provisions are made for child care during treatment, provisions for pet care have not previously been considered in this context. We conclude that greater attention to pet ownership is warranted when planning SUD treatment strategies.

Bidragsytere

Andi Kerr-Little

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved UiT Norges arktiske universitet

Ruth C. Newberry

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for husdyr- og akvakulturvitenskap ved Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet

Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Folkehelseinstituttet

Linn Gjersing

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Folkehelseinstituttet

Ingeborg Bolstad

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Div Psykisk helsevern ved Sykehuset Innlandet HF
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