Opioids use in male population referred for mandatory Urine Opioid Screen before marriage in Shiraz-Iran

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avatar Jamshid Ahmadi 1 , * , avatar Mojtaba Naghshvarian 2 , avatar Ramin Afshari 2

Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Psychiatry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Research Center for Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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): 126-30. 

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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