AIM: To assess the validity of two cannabis use severity scales among young cannabis
users and to evaluate their ability to detect Substance Use Disorders (SUD). PARTICIPANTS: …

Background The rapid growth of the size of the older population is having a substantial effect
on health and social care services in many societies across the world. Maintaining health …

Background The use of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) risk estimation scores in primary
prevention has long been established. However, their performance still remains a matter of …

Background Men present higher overall rates of substance use and abuse than women; yet,
evidence suggests that an increase of substance use by the younger cohorts of women in …

The COVID-19 pandemic saw a massive investment into collaborative research projects
with a focus on producing data to support public health decisions. We relay our direct …

Background Research efforts to measure the concept of healthy ageing have been diverse
and limited to specific populations. This diversity limits the potential to compare healthy …

A most challenging task for scientists that are involved in the study of ageing is the development
of a measure to quantify health status across populations and over time. In the present …

Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been shown to be associated with depression
in older adults but the results are mixed. We summarized and evaluated the association …

The number of people aged 60years or older is projected to significantly increase in the
coming decades worldwide. According to United Nations estimates, this figure is expected to …

Aims To examine changes in the use of alcohol, cannabis and hypnotics/sedatives between
two periods (before and during Spain's economic crisis), and to identify differences in the …