Drug abuse Pattern and Frequency of High Risk Be-haviors of the Clients at Outpatient Addiction Treat-ment Centers

Afkar, Abolhasan; Mehrabian, Fardin; Omidi-Khalky, Said; Mahboubi, Mohammad

doi:10.15412/j.jbtw.01030404

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“…The fourth influential factors were economic factors with 5 variables and confirmed variance of 7.64%. According to another study, as an economic factor, life costs have a remarkable influence on the relapse of addiction that is in concordance with the current study (9). However, the results of another study showed that in the western countries, death phobia and getting tired of addiction are the main causes motivating people to give up addiction (20).…”

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“…According to the investigations, almost 37% of the USA population, aged above 12, have experienced the use of narcotic substances at least once, 5.5% of whom have experienced the problems of substance abuse at least once during their lives (7). Statistical reports published by the international organizations, particularly WHO, the international narcotics control board (INCB), and UNESCO (united nations educational scientific and cultural organization), suggest that drug abuse is increasing globally (8,9). According to the national survey of drug and health in 2007, about 19.9 million of Americans aged over 12 (8%) had at least once consumed a forbidden drug like marijuana, cannabis, cocaine, opium, heroin, hallucinogens, and inhalants a month before the study (9).…”

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Measurement of Factors Influencing the Relapse of Addiction: A Factor Analysis

Afkar

Rezvani

Sigaroudi

2016

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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Background: Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and the related circuitry. Objectives: The purpose of the study was the measurement of effective components in addiction relapse, in Rasht city of Guilan province, Iran. Patients and Methods: This study was done in 2014 that has been performed by using the factor analysis method. In the qualitative stage the process owners were 45 experts, and in the factor analysis stage they were 1850 people who were under treatment at addiction treatment centers. The data collection tool was a Researcher-Made Questionnaire whose content validity was determined through expert panel, and its construct validity was determined through exploratory factor analysis by principal component analysis method with varimax rotation using SPSS16 software. Results: In exploratory component analysis, 4 main components were identified; Individual factors with 6 variables, 25.72% variance, and 17.81 eigenvalue as the most important factor, and Economic factors with 5 variables and 7.64% variance as the less important factor, clarified the Addiction Relapse changes; however, in the fitted model which is the most completely saturated model, 4 factors of Individual factors with ß = 0.48, family factors with ß = 0.23, occupational factors with ß = 0.2, economic factors with ß = 0.12 had the highest predictive power in the order of importance. Conclusions: According to the findings, individual, familial, social, cultural, and economic factors were the most important in relation to the addiction relapse.

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Measurement of Factors Influencing the Relapse of Addiction: A Factor Analysis

Afkar

Rezvani

Sigaroudi

2016

Int J High Risk Behav Addict

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“…The results of a study showed that drug users are more susceptible to high-risk sexual behaviors, non-use of condoms, sharing syringe for injection, and smoking. In fact, reproductive health components are at risk in this group of people 20 . The results of another study in this area showed that the female participants of the study had at least one prepregnancy risk factor such as an unhealthy lifestyle (smoking, alcohol, substance abuse) that could place them in a vulnerable group 33 .…”

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“…Among many others, in a study on pregnant women, 25% of all women were drug users, of whom 3% placental abruption, 13% meconium staining, 33.4% fetal growth restriction, 31% gestational age of less than 37 weeks and 7% neonatal mortality 19 . Similarly, another study showed that women drug users are more prone to risky sexual behaviors, non-use of condoms, sharing syringe for injection, and smoking 20 . In fact, not only pregnancy and childbirth related issues, but also other reproductive health components are under threat in this group of women.…”

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Comparison of Reproductive Health and its Related Factors in Vulnerable and Non-vulnerable Women

Zolfaghari

Boroumandfar

Nekuei

2020

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Introduction: Women's health is supposed to be one of the indicators of development. Reproductive health is an important part of women's health. Vulnerable women are a group of women whose reproductive health needs to be given special attention. The aim of this study was to compare reproductive health and its related factors in vulnerable and non-vulnerable women. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted on women covered by special centers for vulnerable women (n = 250) and comprehensive health centers (n = 250). The samples were randomly selected from Isfahan (Iran) from October to December 2017. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire completed by the researcher using interview method. Internal reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed to be 0.89 using Cronbach's alpha. The data were analyzed in SPSS 20 using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, chi-square, Mann-Whitney, Pearson and Spearman tests. P < 0.05 was considered to be significant. Results The results showed that the mean total score of reproductive health in the non-vulnerable group (81.41) was significantly higher than that of the vulnerable group (68.6). The mean total score and the score of reproductive health components, except for access to and receipt of health services and healthy reproductive counseling, were significantly different between the two groups (P < 0.05). Having an addicted spouse and unsafe sex were the most prevalent features associated with high risk behaviors. Smoking and alcohol consumption were significantly higher in the vulnerable group (P < 0.01). Conclusion According to the results, reproductive health status of vulnerable women is inappropriate in all dimensions. Given the importance of this issue, the development and implementation of special health programs for this group seems to be necessary in order to promote their reproductive health.

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“…[ 20 ] Similarly, another study showed that women drug users are more prone to risky sexual behaviors. [ 21 ] Pregnancy and childbirth-related issues and other reproductive health components are under threat in this group of women. The results of a study showed that 29% of women with unsafe sexual relation had had an unwanted pregnancy in the last 2 years.…”

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confidence: 99%