Abstract
Background and Aim:Addiction leads to many problems which may adversely affect addicted people, their families and impose health care agencies with many challenges. This study aimed to examined quality of life (QoL), social desirability and their relationship among opium addicted persons in southeast of Iran.Material and Methods:In a cross-sectional study conducted from September 2012 to January 2013, 123 addicted people were studied. Date collection tools were; checklist of demographic data, Iranian version of the 36-item short form QoL (SF-36) and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS).Results:While mean score of QoL was 60.4±29.5, mean score of social desirability were 14.2±3.7. Low, moderate and high levels of social desirability were observed in 4.9%, 90.2% and 4.9% of participants, respectively. Pearson’s correlation were not significant between mean score of social desirability and mean score of QoL (p=0.969, r=0.004).Conclusion:Addicted participants of present study showed a moderate level of QoL and social desirability, without any significant relationship between QoL and social desirability. Further research is suggested in addicts with social and cultural differences.
Highlights
Opium has been used for medical purposes since long time ago (Nakhaee, 2009); nowadays, substance abuse of opium is one of the most complicated health problems worldwide which has been resulted many challenges for health care agencies (Bashardoost & Tirani, 2005; Najafi, 2009; Ziaaddini, 2006; Ziaaddini & Ziaaddini, 2005)
Moderate and high levels of social desirability were observed in 4.9%, 90.2% and 4.9% of participants, respectively
Addicted participants of present study showed a moderate level of quality of life (QoL) and social desirability, without any significant relationship between QoL and social desirability
Summary
Opium has been used for medical purposes since long time ago (Nakhaee, 2009); nowadays, substance abuse of opium is one of the most complicated health problems worldwide which has been resulted many challenges for health care agencies (Bashardoost & Tirani, 2005; Najafi, 2009; Ziaaddini, 2006; Ziaaddini & Ziaaddini, 2005). They reported that patients with opioid dependence and a psychiatric disorder have had worse QoL compared to patients without psychiatric disorder They found that both groups of patients had poorer QOL in the physical, psychological, and social domains in comparison with healthy persons. In 2005, Giacomuzzi and colleagues have examined the effects of gender on QoL of 103 opioid users They did not find any significant difference in terms of QoL and physical symptoms between addicted men and women. Another important issue in improving QoL of opium-addicted patients is social desirability (Hojjati, 2012). This study aimed to examined quality of life (QoL), social desirability and their relationship among opium addicted persons in southeast of Iran
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