Eslami-Jahromi Maryam, Keshvardoost Sareh, Ershad-Sarabi Roghayeh, Bahaadinbeigy Kambiz
Department of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Addict Health. 2021 Jul;13(3):138-147. doi: 10.22122/ahj.v13i3.312.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the information needs of addicts from the perspective of addicts. By identifying the experiences of the individuals involved in addiction and assessing the information they need, targeted educational interventions can be provided to meet their needs.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 addicts in two addiction outpatient clinics. Data were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis approach proposed by Graneheim and Lundman.
The information needs of the interviewees included recognizing types of addictive substances and the degree of dependence on them, awareness of the physical and psychological symptoms of addiction to various addictive substances, awareness of various pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments, physical and psychological symptoms of quitting addiction, awareness of the length of treatment, knowledge about the dose and degree of dependence on drugs, recognizing the causes of failure in quitting addiction, awareness of governmental and non-governmental services, and awareness of the psychological measures and care services necessary after quitting addiction.
The results of the study showed that the knowledge and awareness of addicted individuals in various fields of addiction is low and it is necessary to provide education based on the information needs of these individuals. This requires the cooperation and efforts of policy makers, the Ministry of Education, welfare managers, and specialists in camps and addiction treatment centers. Specialists in addiction treatment clinics can use the information needs of addicts determined in this study to enrich the education of addicts.
本研究旨在从成瘾者的角度调查成瘾者的信息需求。通过识别参与成瘾的个体的经历并评估他们所需的信息，可以提供有针对性的教育干预措施以满足他们的需求。
在两家成瘾门诊对13名成瘾者进行了半结构式访谈。使用Graneheim和Lundman提出的定性内容分析方法对数据进行了分析。
受访者的信息需求包括识别成瘾物质的类型及其依赖程度、了解对各种成瘾物质成瘾的身体和心理症状、了解各种药物和非药物治疗方法、戒毒的身体和心理症状、了解治疗时长、了解药物剂量和依赖程度、识别戒毒失败的原因、了解政府和非政府服务，以及了解戒毒后所需的心理措施和护理服务。
研究结果表明，成瘾个体在成瘾各个领域的知识和认知水平较低，有必要根据这些个体的信息需求提供教育。这需要政策制定者、教育部、福利管理人员以及营地和成瘾治疗中心的专家共同合作并付出努力。成瘾治疗诊所的专家可以利用本研究确定的成瘾者的信息需求来丰富对成瘾者的教育。
