The Edinburgh Addiction Cohort: a longitudinal study of survival and long term injecting cessation
- J. Kimber1,2,
- L. Copeland3,
- M. Hickman1,
- J. MacLeod1,
- J. McKenzie3,
- D. D. Angelis4,
- J. R. Robertson3,5
- 1Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- 2National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- 3Muirhouse Medical Group, Edinburgh, UK
- 4MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK
- 5Division of Community Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Objective
To examine survival and long term injecting cessation (LTC) in a cohort of drug users recruited in a primary care setting.
Design
Open cohort with a mean of 10.2 years (SD 6.8, range <1–25) follow-up. Data sources were primary care notes, participant interviews and linkage to the national mortality register.
Setting
A large general practice surgery in Edinburgh.
Participants
794 patients with a history of injecting drug use recruited between 1980 …
