Survival Analysis of Drug Abuse Relapse in Addiction Treatment Centers in Zahedan: a prospective longitudinal study

Background and Objective: One of the major problems in addicts society is the recurrence of addiction. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim Survival Analysis of Drug Abuse Relapse in Addiction Treatment Centers in Zahedan: a prospective longitudinal study. Materials and Methods: In this study, 250 addicts referring to addiction treatment centers of Zahedan were studied prospectively. The data were collected through an interview using a form of information including demographic characteristics, addiction related characteristics, and standard self-confidence and happiness questionnaire by the researcher. Data analysis was performed in Stata version 12 using log-rank test and multiple cox regression. Findings: In this study participated 206(82.4%) men and 44(17.6%) women. The relapse rate was 64.8%, mean and median of the time to relapse (survival time) were 12.43 ±0.632 week (CI=95%: 11.22-13.66) and 7±0.50 months (CI 95%: 6.00-7.99), respectively. Variables such as Housing status (OR=1.84, CI=95%: 1.25-2.70), Type of substance used (OR=3.38, CI=95%:1.71-6.68), history of previous drug withdrawal (OR=1.66, CI=95%:1.19-2.32), Drug using way (OR=1.85, CI=95%: 1.16-2.96), and hopes of drug withdrawal from the perspective of addicts (OR=1.97, CI=95%:1.43-2.70), were good predictors of addiction recurrence. Conclusion: According to the results of this study, preventive activities should be strengthened to address this critical period. However, more psychological studies relevant to the recurrence of addiction in other societies and the monitoring of addicts by families with respect to the variables that are influential in this study, are of great importance.

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Addiction ، Survival Analysis ، Relapse ، Zahedan