THE COMPARISON OF THE ATTENTION FUNCTION IN HEROIN ABUSERS AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

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SAFARZADE SOMAYEH; SABAHI PARVIZ; MAHMOODY KHORANDI ZEYNAB

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THE COMPARISON OF THE ATTENTION FUNCTION IN HEROIN ABUSERS AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS

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SAFARZADE SOMAYEH | SABAHI PARVIZ | MAHMOODY KHORANDI ZEYNAB | Issue Writer Certificate

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HEROINQ3

ATTENTIONQ2

STROOPQ2

CHANGE DETECTIONQ2

SPATIAL CUEINGQ2

Abstract

Background: Drug addiction is one of the main concerns of mental and social damages in current century with unpleasant consequences for affected person. The present study aims to compare the ATTENTION functions in HEROIN abusers compared with normal controls.Methods: The method of current research was causative-comparative with two groups of HEROIN abusers and normal individuals. Therefore, 30 men consumers of HEROIN and 30 normal individuals were selected using convenience sampling. The substance users were selected from addiction treatment center in Gonabab city. The normal group included 30 normal individuals matched in terms of age, sex and education with the first group. The data were collected using STROOP test, SPATIAL CUEING and CHANGE DETECTION. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis through SPSS v.19 software.Results: The outcomes of multivariate analysis showed that significant difference was between ATTENTION functions in group of HEROIN abusers with normal individuals (p<0.0001).Conclusion: HEROIN abuse has undesired adverse effects on ATTENTION function in HEROIN abusers. ATTENTION dysfunction affects on the everyday life of the individual and his activities. It is recommended that desirable treatment strategy is designed for HEROIN abusers for remove and reduce the deficit of ATTENTION.

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SAFARZADE, SOMAYEH, SABAHI, PARVIZ, & MAHMOODY KHORANDI, ZEYNAB. (2015). THE COMPARISON OF THE ATTENTION FUNCTION IN HEROIN ABUSERS AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS. RAZI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JOURNAL OF IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES), 22(138), 88-98. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/10033/en

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SAFARZADE SOMAYEH, SABAHI PARVIZ, MAHMOODY KHORANDI ZEYNAB. THE COMPARISON OF THE ATTENTION FUNCTION IN HEROIN ABUSERS AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS. RAZI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JOURNAL OF IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES)[Internet]. 2015;22(138):88-98. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/10033/en

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SOMAYEH SAFARZADE, PARVIZ SABAHI, and ZEYNAB MAHMOODY KHORANDI, “THE COMPARISON OF THE ATTENTION FUNCTION IN HEROIN ABUSERS AND NORMAL INDIVIDUALS,” RAZI JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (JOURNAL OF IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES), vol. 22, no. 138, pp. 88–98, 2015, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/10033/en

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