Naghizadeh Sahar, Faramarzi Elnaz, Akbari Hossein, Jafari Nasrin, Sarbakhsh Parvin, Mohammadpoorasl Asghar
Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Liver and Gastrointestinal Diseases Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Health Promot Perspect. 2023 Jul 10;13(2):99-104. doi: 10.34172/hpp.2023.12. eCollection 2023.
Substance abuse has significant health impacts on families and society as a whole. We aimed to provide detailed prevalence estimates of substance abuse among the Azar Cohort Study respondents in Tabriz, Iran.
Data on 15006 participants of Azar Cohort Study were analyzed. The variables included tobacco smoking, alcohol use, drug abuse, and socio-demographic characteristics. The prevalence of substance abuse (with a 95% confidence interval) was calculated using the direct standardization method.
Overall, 9.3% and 6.2% of the participants were regular and heavy cigarette smokers, respectively. Also, 1.9% and 2.1% of participants reported a history of using illicit drugs and alcohol, respectively. Substance abuse was more prevalent among males than females. Substance abuse varied significantly with age and socioeconomic variables.
We identified specific demographic and socioeconomic groups with a higher prevalence of all studied behaviors. Such high-risk groups should be targeted when designing substance abuse prevention programs.
药物滥用对家庭和整个社会有着重大的健康影响。我们旨在提供伊朗大不里士阿扎尔队列研究受访者中药物滥用的详细患病率估计。
对阿扎尔队列研究的15006名参与者的数据进行了分析。变量包括吸烟、饮酒、药物滥用和社会人口学特征。使用直接标准化方法计算药物滥用的患病率(95%置信区间)。
总体而言,分别有9.3%和6.2%的参与者为经常吸烟者和重度吸烟者。此外,分别有1.9%和2.1%的参与者报告有使用非法药物和酒精的历史。药物滥用在男性中比女性中更为普遍。药物滥用在年龄和社会经济变量方面有显著差异。
我们确定了所有研究行为患病率较高的特定人口和社会经济群体。在设计药物滥用预防项目时,应针对此类高危群体。