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Title Trends in Sociodemographic and Drug Abuse Variables in Patients with Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders in a Nigerian Treatment Facility
Full text http://ajol.info/index.php/wajm/article/view/55947
Date 2010
Author(s) TA Adamson; PO Onifade; A Ogunwale
Abstract BACKGROUND: Globally, patterns of the use of psychoactive substances have been changing.OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the trend in two five-year periods, 1992-1997 versus 2002 - 2007, of alcohol and substance use disorders and associated variables in patients admitted to a drug abuse treatment facility.METHODS: This was a comparative cross-sectional study involving all patients admitted into Drug Abuse Treatment, Education, and Research (DATER), Unit of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Nigeria within the study period. All subjects had a structured psychiatric interview, a physical examination, laboratory investigations and "DATER" Questionnaireprotocols that elicited socio-demographic, drug and family variables.RESULTS: The patients in 2002-2007 versus those of 1992-1997 were younger (c2 13.29, p=0.01). More last borns were using drugs by 2002-2007 (c2 11.37, p=0.01). Cannabis was the most abused drug in 2002-2007 (53.5%) as compared to cocaine (44%) in 1992-1997 (c2 35.5, p
Subject(s) Drug, abuse, trends, Nigeria
Language en
Publisher West African Journal of Medicine
Type of publication Peer-reviewed Article
Format application/pdf
Source West African Journal of Medicine; Vol 29, No 1 (2010)
Repository Africa - African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
Added to C-A: 2010-08-26;09:03:16