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Why are drug-related deaths among women increasing in Scotland? - full report
A scoping project examining potential explanations for the disproportionate rise in drug-related deaths among women.
Appendix 1. Literature search strategy.
Search undertaken by Scottish Government Library Services, as follows:
Context: Research project on the increase in drug related deaths for women in Scotland in recent years.
Question: What factors affect the risk of harms associated with problem drug use - in particular, drug-related deaths - among women compared to men?
Inclusion criteria:
- Systematic reviews published since 2006
- High income countries only
- Population of interest - women who use drugs, to include problem use of prescribed or illicit drugs, but not including alcohol use in isolation
- Comparator - men who use drugs
- Outcomes - harms relating to problem drug use, including overdose and death
Terms used:
- Women/female
- Drugs/substances
- Use/misuse/abuse/dependence
- Death/mortality/morbidity/harms/adverse events
Databases
- Knowledge & Evidence (KandE)
- IDOX
- NHS Knowledge Network
- ProQuest
- Web of Science
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