Baharvand, P and Raisi, M and Anbari, K. H and Shakarami, k (2017) Study the Factors Affecting the Relapse of Addiction from Perspective of Patients Referred to Addiction Treatment Centers of Khorramabad City in 2017. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED BIOTECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH, 8. pp. 1963-1970.
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Abstract D Background and Purpose: drug addiction is a problem that affects many societies of the world. One of the problems that have complicated phenomenon of addiction is its relapse, because most addicts reuse drug after quitting it. The purpose of the present study was to determine the frequency of factors affecting relapse of patients referred to addiction treatment centers of Khorramabad city in 2017. Materials and Methods: This is a descriptive analytical study in which 480 subjects with at least one relapse history of drug referred to addiction centers in Khorramabad have been examined using single-stage cluster sampling. The researcher-made questionnaire was given to the subjects and data was analyzed using SPSS21 statistical software. Results: In this study, 480 patients with relapse history were studied and the results showed that 93.1% of them were male. More than 90 percent of them were from urban areas. The average age of subjects was 8.8 +/- 33.1 and the minimum age was 18 years old. 59.4 percent of subjects addicted to the opium. 50.6 percent of subjects had experienced the first substance at 15-20 years old and 6.35 percent had a history of quitting more than 7 times. Discussion and Conclusion: Due to the adverse individual and societal effects of addiction and the high rate of relapse after quitting, it is required to examine the factors affecting the addiction relapse to control or reduce these factors. Keywords Author Keywords:Addiction; Drug; Addiction Relapse; Substance Abuse KeyWords Plus:SUBSTANCE USE; DEPENDENCE
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | samira sepahvandy |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2017 20:00 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2017 20:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/954 |
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