Socio demographic profile and pattern of opioid use in patients with opioid use disorders attending the de-addiction center of a tertiary care hospital in north India
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Science and Innovative Research (IJMSIR) - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 8
Abstract
Background and objectives: Opioids are the major drugs of potential harm and health consequences with more and more people getting involved in it, especially from rural areas. One of the concerns with opioids is the injecting route used for their administration. The objective of our study was to assess the socio-demographic profile and pattern of opioid use in patients with opioid use disorders. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among the opioid use disorder patients ≥ 10 years of age, diagnosed as per DSM-5, who visited the drug de-addiction center for treatment. A semi-structured proforma was used to record socio-demographic profile. Opioid use disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity were diagnosed as per DSM-5 after a thorough clinical assessment. Results: A total of 74 patients were included in our study. Mean age of our patients was 27.55 years (SD 7.26) with majority of patients (83.78%) between 20 and 40 years of age. Most of the patients were males (97.5%), from nuclear families (75.68%) and from rural background (62.16%). Majority of patients (48.65%) had started using opioids in 20-29 year age group with heroin as the most common opioid used in 62.16%. Majority of our patients (43.24%) were using intravenous route. Psychiatric co-morbidity was present in 41.88% with ADHD (24.32%) as most common Conclusion: Rural areas and students are increasingly involved in opioid use disorders. Heroin use has increased significantly when compared with previous study particularly via intravenous route.
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Bilal Ahmad Bhat
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