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:: Volume 14, Issue 4 (winter 2014) ::
J Ardabil Univ Med Sci 2014, 14(4): 350-359 Back to browse issues page
Relationship between Individual Characteristics and High Risk Behavior in Intravenous Drug Addicts in Ardabil, 2012
Nasrin Fouladi , Farhad Pourfarzi * , Jalal Tagizadeh , Hosein Alimohammadi , Raheleh Mohammadi
, f.pourfarzi@arums.ac.ir
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  Background & objectives: Addiction is one of the problems in world threating the social, economic and culture factors. It is essential to have an accurate knowledge about the characteristics of drug users in order to diminish the high-risk behaviors of intravenous drug addicts. This research has been done to assess relationship between individual characteristics and high risk behavior in intravenous drug addicts.

  Method: In this descriptive-analytic research, 360 drug users were selected from different places in Ardabil city and interviewed by a prepared questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical tests including t-test, Pearson correlation and ANOVA with SPSS statistical software.

  Results: The results showed that the age, gender, material status, job position, age of addiction start, age of injection start, injection frequency, injection frequency per day, syringe supply place and the partner’s gender during recent few months had no significant difference compared to drug users with needle sharing and without needle sharing. The educational level of drug users with needle sharing was lower (P=0.037) and the number of new syringe usage per month was also lesser (P=0.001). They predicted to be more likely infected with AIDS (P=0.001) and had a less argument with their partner about using condom, also mostly have not used condom at their last sexual relationship (P=0.001). The average number of their partners during last three months was high (P=0.003) and there was a meaningful relationship between true sense of peril and using condom in drug users with needle sharing group (p=0.001).

  Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the true sense of danger and the using condom. It is necessary to have an appropriate advertising to increase using condoms among injecting drug users.

Keywords: High Risk Behaviors, Intravenous Drug Addicts, Needle Sharing, Individual Characteristics, Ardabil
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Received: 2014/03/1 | Accepted: 2014/10/9 | Published: 2014/12/30
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Fouladi N, Pourfarzi F, Tagizadeh J, Alimohammadi H, Mohammadi R. Relationship between Individual Characteristics and High Risk Behavior in Intravenous Drug Addicts in Ardabil, 2012. J Ardabil Univ Med Sci 2014; 14 (4) :350-359
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Volume 14, Issue 4 (winter 2014) Back to browse issues page
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اردبیل Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences
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