Author/Authors :
Sharifi, H Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center (TPCRC) - Masih Daneshvari Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Kharaghani, R Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center (TPCRC) - Masih Daneshvari Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Sigari, S Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center (TPCRC) - Masih Daneshvari Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Emami, H Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center (TPCRC) - Masih Daneshvari Hospital - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Sadr, M Tracheal Diseases Research Center - NRITLD - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Masjedi, MR Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center- NRITLD - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
Background: This study was to determine common methods to treat addiction used by patients checked into
Outpatient Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinics in Tehran.
Methods: The study was conducted in Social Security affiliated outpatient clinics including three governmental
and several private centers in 22 districts of Tehran. Demographic data, personal information, social characteristics
and information regarding prevention, treatment, and follow-up records of 1,372 patients were obtained and
analyzed.
Results: A majority of cases referring to the treatment centers were male (95.2%). Patients were 14 to 75 yr
(mean 35.48 ± 10.57 yr); 61.7% were married and lived in rented homes in the city; 938/1372 (68.4%) had at
least one previous attempt failure when seeking re-treatment. A majority of them (77.8%) had a history of 1 to 4
quit attempts; a number 63.1% had an abstinence period of 1 week to 6 months.
Conclusion: The majority of our understudy subjects had a history of previous attempts to treat their addiction
with a maximum abstinence period of 6 months.
Keywords :
Addiction , Rehabilitation , Abstinence , Methods
