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MEDICAL SCIENCES 2013, 23(3): 201-205 Back to browse issues page
Comparing continuity quit addiction time in participant persons and non participant persons in Narcotics Anonymous in City of Mashhad in 2012
Abbas Ghodrati Torbati 1, Faezeh Sahbaei2 , Seyed Jamaleddin Nabavi3 , Mohamad Zare4
1- MSc of Nursing, Faculty Member of Torbate Heydariyeh University, Torbate Heydariyeh Medical Branch, Torbate Heydariyeh, Iran , ghodratita171@yahoo.com
2- MSc of Nursing, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran
3- MA of Psychology, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran
4- PhD of Statistics, Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University, Tehran Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (9676 Views)
Background: Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings are used to increase quit time of addict persons after the detoxification. Quit addiction program contains of 97% non-drug treatment and 3% drug treatment. The aim of this study was to compare participating and non-participating individuals continue Addiction Narcotics Anonymous meetings.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-comparative study was performed on 300 individuals participated in the meetings of Narcotics Anonymous and non-participating provider refers to the Saman rehabilitation clinic, Mashhad, Iran. Simple random sampling was used to select addict persons. A questionnaire, including demographic information and the continuity of quit time, were used.
Results: The highest continuity quit time of addiction were in 6-12 months (38%) in participant of NA and 3-6 months (45%) in non-participant (p<0.002). and lowest in those participants leave continuity de rajlsat 24-36 months (4%) and non-participating 18-24 months (6/66%).
Conclusion: This study showed that participating in the meetings of Narcotics Anonymous increases the duration of the time of quit addiction.
Keywords: Quit addiction, Participant persons in the meetings, non-Participant persons in meetings, Narcotics Anonymous
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Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: Nursing
Received: 2013/09/22 | Accepted: 2013/09/23 | Published: 2013/09/23


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