Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.

Drug dependence is still to be recognized in developing countries as a significant public health problem and literature on the magnitude of this problem is limited. The present research was planned to study the socio-demographic profile and the reasons for substance use among patients admitted at De...

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Autores principales:	Nithin Kumar, Tanuj Kanchan, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Vaman Kulkarni, Mohan Kumar Papanna, Ramesh Holla, Saran Sarathy
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9de180a26d18401a9a5fa99cca07f4ae2021-11-18T07:55:23ZProfile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0057824https://doaj.org/article/9de180a26d18401a9a5fa99cca07f4ae2013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23469075/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Drug dependence is still to be recognized in developing countries as a significant public health problem and literature on the magnitude of this problem is limited. The present research was planned to study the socio-demographic profile and the reasons for substance use among patients admitted at De-addiction centres in Mangalore, India. In this cross-sectional study, all the patients admitted at the De-addiction centres during the study period were interviewed. The data was analyzed and the results obtained were expressed in proportions. A total of 83 patients were included in the study, all of whom were males. A positive family history of substance use was evident in 63% of the respondents. The mean age of the study participants was 41.9 (SD±11.2) years and the mean age for starting substance use was 20.9 (SD±7.7) years. The most common substance used was alcohol (95.2%). Majority of the subjects (56.6%) cited peer pressure as a reason for initiating substance use. Our findings suggest that the initiation of substance use occurs during late teenage years and mostly due to peer pressure. Our observations point towards the vulnerability of younger age towards substance use and hence, it is proposed that the preventive health policies in this regard should be targeted specifically during teenage years.Nithin KumarTanuj KanchanBhaskaran UnnikrishnanRekha ThaparPrasanna MithraVaman KulkarniMohan Kumar PapannaRamesh HollaSaran SarathyPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 2, p e57824 (2013)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Nithin Kumar Tanuj Kanchan Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Rekha Thapar Prasanna Mithra Vaman Kulkarni Mohan Kumar Papanna Ramesh Holla Saran Sarathy Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
description	Drug dependence is still to be recognized in developing countries as a significant public health problem and literature on the magnitude of this problem is limited. The present research was planned to study the socio-demographic profile and the reasons for substance use among patients admitted at De-addiction centres in Mangalore, India. In this cross-sectional study, all the patients admitted at the De-addiction centres during the study period were interviewed. The data was analyzed and the results obtained were expressed in proportions. A total of 83 patients were included in the study, all of whom were males. A positive family history of substance use was evident in 63% of the respondents. The mean age of the study participants was 41.9 (SD±11.2) years and the mean age for starting substance use was 20.9 (SD±7.7) years. The most common substance used was alcohol (95.2%). Majority of the subjects (56.6%) cited peer pressure as a reason for initiating substance use. Our findings suggest that the initiation of substance use occurs during late teenage years and mostly due to peer pressure. Our observations point towards the vulnerability of younger age towards substance use and hence, it is proposed that the preventive health policies in this regard should be targeted specifically during teenage years.
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author	Nithin Kumar Tanuj Kanchan Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Rekha Thapar Prasanna Mithra Vaman Kulkarni Mohan Kumar Papanna Ramesh Holla Saran Sarathy
author_facet	Nithin Kumar Tanuj Kanchan Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan Rekha Thapar Prasanna Mithra Vaman Kulkarni Mohan Kumar Papanna Ramesh Holla Saran Sarathy
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title	Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
title_short	Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
title_full	Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
title_fullStr	Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
title_full_unstemmed	Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.
title_sort	profile of substance use among patients attending de-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern india.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2013
url	https://doaj.org/article/9de180a26d18401a9a5fa99cca07f4ae
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Profile of substance use among patients attending De-addiction centres in a coastal city of southern India.

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