THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MAZANDARAN

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HEDAYATIZADEH OMRAN AKBAR; HOSSEINI SEYED HAMZEH; SALEHIFAR EBRAHIM; MOOSANEJHAD NADALI

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THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MAZANDARAN

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HEDAYATIZADEH OMRAN AKBAR | HOSSEINI SEYED HAMZEH | SALEHIFAR EBRAHIM | MOOSANEJHAD NADALI | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

DRUG ABUSEQ2

SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCYQ3

CANCERQ2

PAINQ2

Abstract

Background and purpose: CANCER patients are usually suffering from severe PAIN and disrupted life style and using a proper analgesic seems to be the best option. PAIN management failure or improper dosages of analgesics may lead to DRUG ABUSE or SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY in CANCER patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of DRUG ABUSE and SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY among CANCER patients.Materials and methods: In this study, all CANCER patients referred to Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences for opioid analgesics prescription were interviewed to evaluate the substance abuse and dependency. A demographic questionnaire and a structured reliable and valid clinical interview for Axis I disorder in DSM IV and SCID I were used for data collection.Results: Among 238 studied CANCER patients, 27 patients (11.3%) had DRUG ABUSE and 24 patients (9.9%) had SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY. There was a significant correlation between age and duration of CANCER with the prevalence of DRUG ABUSE and SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY (P<0.05 in both cases). The predominant opioid analgesic and substance prescribed and abused were methadone and opium.Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that the DRUG ABUSE and dependency in studied CANCER patients is considerably high. In addition to chemical dependency, it seems that the prescribed analgesic dosages were not adequate to relive the PAIN which in turn leads to use another substance with stronger analgesic effects.

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HEDAYATIZADEH OMRAN, AKBAR, HOSSEINI, SEYED HAMZEH, SALEHIFAR, EBRAHIM, & MOOSANEJHAD, NADALI. (2010). THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MAZANDARAN. JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 20(79), 40-47. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/44424/en

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HEDAYATIZADEH OMRAN AKBAR, HOSSEINI SEYED HAMZEH, SALEHIFAR EBRAHIM, MOOSANEJHAD NADALI. THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MAZANDARAN. JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES[Internet]. 2010;20(79):40-47. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/44424/en

IEEE: Copy

AKBAR HEDAYATIZADEH OMRAN, SEYED HAMZEH HOSSEINI, EBRAHIM SALEHIFAR, and NADALI MOOSANEJHAD, “THE PREVALENCE OF DRUG ABUSE AND SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY AMONG CANCER PATIENTS IN MAZANDARAN,” JOURNAL OF MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol. 20, no. 79, pp. 40–47, 2010, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/44424/en

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