Shiri Sahana Supriya, Shanmugam Backiyaraj, Ezhumalai Sinu
Former Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029.
Former Psychiatric Social Worker, Center for Addiction Medicine, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029.
J Psychosoc Well Being. 2021 Jan-Jun;2(1):68-75. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.5105523. Epub 2021 Jun 30.
There is an increasing trend among women using substance. However, very few women seek treatment for substance use disorder in Government de-addiction centre. There is limited literature available regarding the same.
To examine the profile of women seeking treatment for substance use disorder in Government De-addiction Centre, Bengaluru.
The study was retrospective in nature. All the female patients who sought in-patient treatment from centre for addiction medicine, NIMHANS, Bengaluru from Apr 2015- Sept 2016 were included in the study. Method of data collection: Content analysis was used to collect the secondary data from the hospital record. Descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency distribution was used for statistical analysis.
Mean age of women who sought treatment for substance use disorder in the centre was 42 ±14 years. The mean age at initiation of alcohol was 27 ±9 years, alcohol dependence was 34 ±10.6 years. Majority (65%) belonged below poverty line. 59% were married and living with their spouse. 55% of them sought treatment either on their own or brought by family members, 38% referred by the psychiatrist. More than one-third (36%) had primary school education. Nearly one-third (27%) of them had repeated admissions more than once. More than one-third of them (34%) were homemakers, nearly one-fourth (24%) of them were lost their previous job, 6% of them students and professionals respectively.
The majority (68%) of women had diagnosis of alcohol dependence, nicotine (44%), benzodiazepine (14%), opioid dependence (11%), cannabis dependence (1.6%), less than 1% had other forms behavioural addictions.
使用毒品的女性人数呈上升趋势。然而，在政府戒毒中心寻求治疗物质使用障碍的女性却很少。关于这方面的文献有限。
研究在班加罗尔政府戒毒中心寻求治疗物质使用障碍的女性的概况。
本研究为回顾性研究。纳入了2015年4月至2016年9月期间在班加罗尔国家精神卫生和神经科学研究所成瘾医学中心寻求住院治疗的所有女性患者。数据收集方法：采用内容分析法从医院记录中收集二手数据。使用均值、频率分布等描述性统计方法进行统计分析。
在该中心寻求治疗物质使用障碍的女性的平均年龄为42±14岁。开始饮酒的平均年龄为27±9岁，酒精依赖的平均年龄为34±10.6岁。大多数（65%）属于贫困线以下人群。59%已婚并与配偶同住。其中55%自行寻求治疗或由家人带来，38%由精神科医生转诊。超过三分之一（36%）接受过小学教育。近三分之一（27%）曾多次入院。超过三分之一（34%）是家庭主妇，近四分之一（24%）失去了以前的工作，6%分别是学生和专业人员。
大多数（68%）女性被诊断为酒精依赖，尼古丁依赖（44%），苯二氮䓬依赖（14%），阿片类药物依赖（11%），大麻依赖（1.6%），不到1%有其他形式的行为成瘾。
