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IJ Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
IJPBS is the Official Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 1735-9287
p-ISSN 1735-8639
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Opioids use in male population referred for mandatory Urine Opioid Screen before marriage in Shiraz-Iran
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1Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, Tel: +98-7116279319, Fax: +98-7116279319 Email: [email protected]
Published online:Dec 31, 2011
Article type:Brief Report
Received:Apr 05, 2010
Accepted:Jul 28, 2011
How to Cite:Ahmadi J, Naghshvarian M, Afshari R. Opioids use in male population referred for mandatory Urine Opioid Screen before marriage in Shiraz-Iran. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci. 2011;5(2):. doi:
Abstract
Objective: To assess the prevalence of opioid abuse in a sample of male population in Shiraz, Iran.
Methods: A representative sample of 1219 subjects (aged 16 years or older) who were referred for urine opioid screen (UOS) as a mandatory test before marriage in Shiraz in 2005 were enrolled in this study.
Results: Mean age of the participants was 26.17 years (SD=6.12), ranging from 16 to 75 years. From them, 121 participants (9.93%) had positive urine opioid test. They were retested at least few days later by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The results showed that 22 (1.80%) had positive urine opioid test (based on TLC), whose mean age was 25.7 years, ranging from 19 to 32 years.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that at least 1.80% of men referred for UOS as a mandatory test before marriage used opioids. These results should be considered when preventive and therapeutic programs are being planned.
Declaration of Interest: None.
Citation: Ahmadi J, Naghshvarian M, Afshari R. Opioid use in male population referred for mandatory Urine Opioid Screen before marriage in Shiraz-Iran. Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci 2011; 5(2): 126-30
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