Journal of Isfahan Medical School

Journal of Isfahan Medical School

The Frequency of High-risk Behaviors in Intravenous Drug Abusers Re-ferred to Addiction Prohibition Centers in Isfahan, 2010

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors
Behrooz Ataei 1
Mahrdad Salehi 2
Abbasali Javadi 3
Farzin Khorvash 3
Atefeh Sadat Mortazavi 4
Nazila Kasaeian 5
Zari Nokhodian 5
Anahita Babak 5
1 Associate Professor, Department of Infection Diseases, School of Medicine and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Infection Diseases, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
4 Medicac Student, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
5 Research Assistant, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Background: Addiction is considered as one of the major problems in the society. Various social psychological and biological issues affect creating interest to drugs and continuing it. Besides, being an illness itself, addiction is a basis for transmitting diseases; the most important of them are AIDS and hepatitis. In this study, we tried to investigate high-risk personal behaviors of intravenous drug abusers that can increase the incidence of infectious diseases transmitting.Methods: In this descriptive study, the persons who had history of intravenous drug abuse referred to Isfahan addition prohibition centers were investigated. They were 539 persons totally. Required information about high-risk behaviors and demographic characteristic were fetched by a standardized questionnaire, by a same-sex researcher.Finding: The ratio of illegal sex was about 55%; most of condom and tattooing consumers was young people. Seniors had intravenous drug abuser sexual partners more than the others. Also, subtle linear ratio between number of arrests and aging existed. But there was not any significant difference in terms of age, utilizing share syringe, different ways of drug abuse and sexual relationship between different age groups.Conclusion: Regarding the results, increasing the number of intravenous drug abusers, the obligation of awareness in various fields including protected sexual relationship, avoiding use of shared syringe and preventing tattoo is obvious.
Keywords
Addiction
Hepatitis
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
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Journal of Isfahan Medical School
Volume 28, Issue 114 - Serial Number 114
September and October 2011
Pages 837-842

  • Receive Date 02 March 2011
  • Accept Date 06 April 2022