Moore Dennis, McAweeney Mary
Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA.
Am Ann Deaf. 2006;151(5):508-12. doi: 10.1353/aad.2007.0005.
A lack of demographic information and data related to the achievement of short-term goals during substance abuse treatment among persons who are deaf or hard of hearing dictated the need for the study. New York State maintains a database on all individuals who participate in treatment. Within this database, 1.8% of persons in treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) were also deaf or hard of hearing. As hypothesized, members of the deaf and hard of hearing sample were older, likelier to be white, and likelier to be female, relative to the SUD-only group. For both groups, alcohol, heroin, and cocaine had the highest rates of reported use. Achievement of short-term goals in the areas of alcohol use, drug use, vocational/educational goals, and overall goals indicated no differences between the deaf and hard of hearing group and the SUD-only group. Implications of these findings are discussed.
聋人或听力障碍者在药物滥用治疗期间缺乏人口统计学信息以及与实现短期目标相关的数据，这决定了开展此项研究的必要性。纽约州维护着一个关于所有参与治疗的个人的数据库。在这个数据库中，接受物质使用障碍（SUD）治疗的人员中有1.8%为聋人或听力障碍者。正如所假设的那样，相对于仅患有物质使用障碍的群体，聋人和听力障碍样本的成员年龄更大，更有可能是白人，也更有可能是女性。对于这两个群体而言，报告使用酒精、海洛因和可卡因的比例最高。在酒精使用、药物使用、职业/教育目标以及总体目标等方面实现短期目标的情况表明，聋人和听力障碍群体与仅患有物质使用障碍的群体之间没有差异。本文讨论了这些研究结果的意义。
