Balhara Yatan Pal Singh, Mishra Ashwani, Sethi Hem, Ray Rajat
Department of Psychiatry, National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (NDDTC), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi 110029, India.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 Oct 27;2013:316372. doi: 10.1155/2013/316372. eCollection 2013.
Adolescents and young adults continue to remain the main focus of attention with regards to substance use related problems. There has been a limited focus on illicit substance use among middle aged and elderly population. The current study explored the changing trends of substance use among treatment seeking middle aged individuals (aged 40-60 years) at a tertiary level drug dependence treatment centre. The questionnaire used to gather information for the study is a 19-item structured questionnaire. It includes information on various sociodemographic variables, "current," and "ever" use of substance. Information is also collected on variables related to high risk injecting drug use and HIV status of the individuals. There has been consistent increase in the population of treatment seekers over five years. Over the five-year period, the absolute percentage increase in treatment seeking population is approximately 21%. Polysubstance use was found to increase significantly over five-study years (P(Trend) = 0.007).
青少年和年轻人仍然是与物质使用相关问题的主要关注焦点。中年和老年人群中对非法物质使用的关注有限。本研究探讨了在三级药物依赖治疗中心寻求治疗的中年个体（40至60岁）中物质使用的变化趋势。用于收集研究信息的问卷是一份包含19个条目的结构化问卷。它包括各种社会人口统计学变量、物质的“当前”和“曾经”使用情况的信息。还收集了与高风险注射吸毒和个体艾滋病毒状况相关的变量信息。在五年期间，寻求治疗的人数持续增加。在这五年期间，寻求治疗人群的绝对百分比增长约为21%。在五年的研究期间，发现多物质使用显著增加（P（趋势）=0.007）。
