Background and Aims: Addiction is one of the most important problems in the community. This study was carried out to determine the epidemiological and demographical characteristics of self- Introduced Addicts in Bandar Gaz . Materials and Method: This study was performed on the medical records of280self- Introduced Addicts arrivedat four Bandar Gaz Addiction Abandonment Centers in 2012 – 2015. The data analyzed by spss software 16 using chi-square &Kruskal Wallis tests. Results: In this study 280 cases were examined 94.3% of whom were male. The average age of the subjects was 42.20±12.48 years. There were 61.8% urban dewelers and 82.1% were married. In most cases, they had the history of addiction in their first class family members(46.4% brother , 37.1% father). The main reason of addiction in unmarried and married caseswas the curiosity and entertainment, respectively. The most frequency of educational degree wassecondary level degree (35.3%).65.3% of them were using the opium as the main substance (single or blend) and the common ways of consumption were fumigation (47.1%) . Conclusion: The results of the studyrevealed a high frequency of using opium and opium derivatives in Bandar gaz, Iran. To prevent such addictions, the educating and reducing the people’s exposure to the opium in the community are recommended
Derakhshanpour, F., Serayeloo, H., Seyyedghasemi , N. S., Zare, M. R., Rezaie , Z., & Shayeste , Y. (2016). Assessment of Personal and Social Characteristics of Self-Introduced Addicts in Bandar Gaz. Beyhagh, 20(4), 47-56.
MLA
Firoozeh Derakhshanpour; Hajar Serayeloo; Navisa Sadat Seyyedghasemi ; Mohammad Reza Zare; Zahra Rezaie ; Yaghoub Shayeste . "Assessment of Personal and Social Characteristics of Self-Introduced Addicts in Bandar Gaz". Beyhagh, 20, 4, 2016, 47-56.
HARVARD
Derakhshanpour, F., Serayeloo, H., Seyyedghasemi , N. S., Zare, M. R., Rezaie , Z., Shayeste , Y. (2016). 'Assessment of Personal and Social Characteristics of Self-Introduced Addicts in Bandar Gaz', Beyhagh, 20(4), pp. 47-56.
VANCOUVER
Derakhshanpour, F., Serayeloo, H., Seyyedghasemi , N. S., Zare, M. R., Rezaie , Z., Shayeste , Y. Assessment of Personal and Social Characteristics of Self-Introduced Addicts in Bandar Gaz. Beyhagh, 2016; 20(4): 47-56.
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