Epidemiology of Opium Use in the General Population

Ahmadi, Jamshid; Pridmore, Saxby; Alimi, Abbas; Cheraghi, Ahmad Reza; Arad, Ahmad; Parsaeyan, Hamid; Mohagheghzadeh, Mohammad Sadegh; Kianpour, Mohsen

doi:10.1080/00952990701301293

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“…A study in Iran concluded that males were at greater risk of ever using opium and other drugs. 13 Our result is consistent with finding in the Western countries.…”

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confidence: 83%

Illicit Drug Use and its Correlations Among Hookah Users in Khalil Abad, Northeast of Iran

Abbasi-Ghahramanaloo

Safiri

Gholami

et al. 2017

Int j epidemiol res

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Background and aims: One of the most important problems of public health is illicit drug use. The aim of this study was to assess the status of illicit drug use and associated factors among hookah smokers in Khalil Abad city in 2015. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted in Khalil Abad city (northeast of Iran) in 2015. A sample of 161 hookah users was selected using 2-stage sampling. Structured questionnaires were distributed among the subjects and participants were included in the study after completing informed consent form. To analyze the data, we used chi-square, t test and logistic regression model. Results:The prevalence of illicit drug use was 36%. The result of final logistic regression model, with inclusion of confounders, showed that job status (odds ratio [OR] = 4.13), smoking in the last year (OR = 3.84) and prescription opioid drug use (OR = 3.77), were associated with illicit drug use. Conclusion: Our results showed high prevalence of illicit drug use, which was strongly associated with unemployment and other substances use. The results of this study can be used for planning for epidemiological studies in national scale in order to implement and evaluating interventions by considering the risk factors of hookah smoking in this type of individuals.

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“…A study in Iran concluded that males were at greater risk of ever using opium and other drugs. 13 Our result is consistent with finding in the Western countries.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Illicit Drug Use and its Correlations Among Hookah Users in Khalil Abad, Northeast of Iran

Abbasi-Ghahramanaloo

Safiri

Gholami

et al. 2017

Int j epidemiol res

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“…In addition, a significant relationship between sex and substance abuse/alcohol consumption indicated that the rates between men and women should be reported separately because pooling the rate of substance abuse/alcohol consumption of the men and women together leads to a dilution effect and lowers the total prevalence estimations. Similar to other Iranian surveys, this research revealed that opium was the most commonly used substances 2,4,21 . It was interesting that while producing and consuming alcohol is illegal in Iran and consumers try to hide it even from their relatives, alcohol consumption was the second most commonly used substances.…”

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confidence: 67%

Prevalence of Substance Abuse/Alcohol Consumption and their Predictors among Patients Admitted in Operating Rooms of a General Educational Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Alavi¹,

Mehrdad²,

Makarem³

2016

AJPRHC

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Substance/alcohol abuse is an important public health threat in most countries. Social stigmatization and legal restrictions prevent accurate and direct estimate of prevalence of substance/alcohol abuse in Iran. This study aimed to estimate of the prevalence of alcohol and substance use among Iranian patients who were admitted to operating rooms of a general hospital in Tehran and identified risk factors that may predict alcohol and substance use. This cross-sectional study was conducted among all consecutive patients who were admitted to 16 operating rooms in Vali-e-Asr General Educational Hospital (Tehran, Iran) during March 2014 to September 2015. Data were derived from a medical history form prior to operation by trained nurses who were working in the operating rooms. Among 1136 patients admitted to operating rooms, 105 (28.7%) men and 21 (2.7%) women were substance/alcohol users. The main substance of abuse was opium (57.3%) followed by alcohol consumption (25.6%) and water pipe smoking (14.8%). Cigarette smoking was reported by 110 (30.1%) men and 21 (2.7%) women. Sex, cigarette smoking and family history of alcohol and substance abuse predicted 42.3% of the variance in substance abuse/alcohol consumption. Substance use, especially opium, alcohol, water pipe tobacco and cigarette smoking were found to be significantly high particularly among male patients. Being a man, current cigarette smoking and having a first-degree family member who had abused substances should be considered when planning preventive or therapeutic programs.

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“…A former study of substance drug use in Iran reported that three quarters of the illicit drug users interviewed used opium and more than third used heroin (Day et al, 2006). Opium is known as the main substance used by the Iranian general population (Ahmadi et al, 2007). This pattern is different from Western countries, where marijuana is the major substance abused (Soderstrom et al, 2001).…”

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Substance-Dependent Professional Drivers in Iran: A Descriptive Study

Narenjiha

Rafiey

Jahani

et al. 2009

Traffic Injury Prevention

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Epidemiology of Opium Use in the General Population

Abstract: Men are at greater risk than women. This report provides useful information for health planning. Prevention programs should focus on those under 40 years of age, and treatment is required across all age groups.

Cited by 33 publications

References 8 publications

Illicit Drug Use and its Correlations Among Hookah Users in Khalil Abad, Northeast of Iran

Illicit Drug Use and its Correlations Among Hookah Users in Khalil Abad, Northeast of Iran

Prevalence of Substance Abuse/Alcohol Consumption and their Predictors among Patients Admitted in Operating Rooms of a General Educational Hospital, Tehran, Iran

Substance-Dependent Professional Drivers in Iran: A Descriptive Study

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