Background and Aim :
Methamphetamine addiction is one of the crises threatening humanity with environmental crises, nuclear and population. Therefore, the present study was The role of
demographic characteristics and clinical records in
relapse of people undergoing methamphetamine abuse.Methods : This research is an analytical study that was conducted to investigate the distribution of
demographic characteristics and clinical records in subjects undergoing methamphetamine abuse. The study population included all patients with methamphetamine abusers who were referred to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences in 2018 for diagnosis of methamphetamine dependence based on a structured interview with DSM-4-IR or a TLC test. Of these, 172 people were enrolled in the study. A demographic questionnaire was used to study the demographic characteristics. Data were analyzed by SPSS software.Results : The average total score of the risk of
relapse in women was 23.8 (5.63), traumatic individuals had a history of mental illness (21.88), had a history of mental illness (22.08 (4.48), had a history of physical illness 21.87 (4.39), had no history of abandonment 23.02 (5.76) The history of addiction in the family was 22.51 (5.74) and had a history of psychiatric illness in the family (24.40) (10.83), more than men (21.6%), males and females (21.6%), males and females (21.6%), males and females 20.43 (5.83), had a history of drug abuse (20.84 (5.60), no history of addiction in the family 21.48 (5.76), and no history of psychiatric illness in the family 21.68 (5.50). However, these differences were statistically significant in the mean total score of the risk of
relapse of methamphetamine use only at the gender levels and the history of withdrawal of subjects undergoing methamphetamine abuse.Conclusion : It seems that people are clear differences between the consumer demographic pattern of methamphetamine that is necessary in the prevention and treatment of these cases is given