Study of the Prevalence of Risk Factors Affecting Addiction and Withdrawal in Self-declared Drug Addicts

Background and Taking psychoactive drugs and the disgusting phenomenon of addiction occur in people due to various personal and social factors and affect the personal and social lives of the addict. Necessity of attention to this hassle made us investigate the factors affecting addiction and withdrawal in self-declared addicts. Methods and Materials: In this deh1ive analytical study 456 addicts were randomly selected from the population of self-declared addicts admitted to Behzisti Clinic of Withdrawal in Sabzevar. A questionnaire matching with the aims of the study was completed during interviews and investigation of records. The obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using chi-square and student t-test. It was found that the study sample included 394 male (86.4%) and 62 female (13.6%) informants. Mean age of males and females were 37.4±10.7 and 41.79±13.4 years respectively. In digressing to addiction men were mostly affected by friends and colleagues (46%) and strangers (42%). However women were mostly affected by family and kinsmen (40%) and strangers (30%).; and the difference was statistically significant....