| Title | Does state support addicted people: their perceptions, attitudes and trends | |
| Authors | P. Iordanou¹, E. Ktenas², E. Evagelou¹, M. Noula³, N. Margari³ and E. Theodosopoulou⁴
1. Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institution of Athens, Athens, Greece 2. Epidemiological Sector, University of Athens, Athens, Greece 3. Secondary Education School, Athens, Greece 4. Nursing School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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| Citation | Iordanou, P., Ktenas, E., Evagelou, E., Noula, M., Margari, N. et al.: Does state support addicted people: their perceptions, attitudes and trends, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 16(2): 149-155 (2002) | |
| Publication Date | Received for publication: 25 November 2001
Accepted for publication: 8 January 2002 |
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| Full Text Language | English | |
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| Keywords | Addicted people, their perceptions for state support, their choices, perceptions and trends. | |
| Other Terms | review article | |
| Summary | The aim of this study was to investigate addicted people’ perceptions regarding state support. What were their choices, attitudes and trends? Interviews were conducted by using snowballing techniques in recruiting drug users (DUs). A special questionnaire was designed to assess study objectives. A statistical analysis was performed by the SPSS package. 72.6% [45] were men, 24.4% [17] women and 14.5% [9] homeless, mean age 31.33 ±7.77. 26 subjects were from a detox program and 36 subjects were from the street setting. Most of them have faced family and personal problems. The widest spread drug, first used, was hashish 61.7% [37]. The first substance used became heroin 61.3% [38], while hashish was used by only 6.5% [4]. 42.6% [26] of the subjected started using drugs with their own initiative and 52.5% [32] under the peer- influence. 44.1% [16] of the addicted people came from the street setting marked state support with zero, 41.7% [15] from 1 to 4 and 14.7% [5] from 5 to 10. Curiosity was the main factor to induce the use of addictive substances for 66.1 % [4]) users and disappointment 9.7% [6]. Only 49.2% of the addicted [29] were aware of the consequences, 11.2% [7] were informed through the Mass Media and 35.4% [22] by their environment. Respective results coming from the detoxed group were 0%, 26.1% [7] and 73.9% [19]. Most of the participants of the addicted group felt satisfied with their life than the participants of the recently detoxed group (p=0.000). 24.1% [15] of subjects of the study wanted to escape and 4.34% [7] to quit using drugs. The majority of the subject 70.9% [44] asked for more methadone programs The results showed that family problematic conditions, society, peer influence and personal choices led these people to drug addiction. A tend was to quit using drug and to look for ways of escaping. | |
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