Predisposing factors for substance abuse among elderly people referring to Qazvin addiction treatment centers, Iran (2017)

Fatemeh Kazemi; Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi; Monirsadat Mirzadeh; Fatemeh Mohammadi

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Predisposing factors for substance abuse among elderly people referring to Qazvin addiction treatment centers, Iran (2017)

Author(s):

Fatemeh Kazemi^1,*,

Seyedeh Ameneh Motalebi²,

Monirsadat Mirzadeh

³,

Fatemeh Mohammadi²

1Student Research Committee, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

2Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

3Metabolic Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

Journal of Inflammatory Diseases:Vol. 22, issue 5; 26-35

Article type:Research Article

How to Cite:Fatemeh KazemiSeyedeh Ameneh MotalebiMonirsadat MirzadehFatemeh MohammadiPredisposing factors for substance abuse among elderly people referring to Qazvin addiction treatment centers, Iran (2017).J Inflamm Dis.22(5):e156110.

Abstract

Background: Drug abuse is one of the most important global issue that has become a psychological, social, and family disaster. Objective: The present study was aimed to determine the causes of substance abuse in the elderly. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 120 addicted elderly people referred to addiction treatment centers of Qazvin, Iran were selected by convenience sampling in 2017. The demographic and researcher-made substance abuse tendency questionnaires were applied for data collection. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. Findings: The mean age and age of the onset of drug abuse were 58.83±8.91 and 34.44±13.37 years, respectively. The majority of the elderly were male (113 subjects, 94.1%), and 102 (85.1%) elders were married. Opium was the most common abused drug (75.8%) and more than half of them (64.2%) experienced drug discontinuation. Environmental factors were the important reason of intendancy towards drug abuse among elderly people. Conclusion: In this study, the most important reason of drug abuse in the elderly people was environmental factors that were consisted; easy access to drug, lack of sports and recreational facilities and the presence of addicted friends.

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