[Home ] [Archive]   [ فارسی ]  
:: Main :: About :: Current Issue :: Archive :: Search :: Submit :: Contact ::
Main Menu
Home::
Journal Information::
Articles archive::
For Authors::
For Reviewers::
Registration::
Contact us::
Site Facilities::
Flowchart of approve and expert process::
indexing and abstracting::
::
Search in website

Advanced Search
..
Receive site information
Enter your Email in the following box to receive the site news and information.
..
:: Volume 9, Issue 5 (winter 2018) ::
j.health 2018, 9(5): 541-548 Back to browse issues page
Epidemiology of Death Caused by Drug Abuse in Golestan Province during 2010-2015
M Shokrzadeh * , H Zarei , A Badeli , J Jalilian , F Ebrahimi Falahtalab , G Lashkarboloki G , M Esmaily , Y* Shayeste
Abstract:   (3120 Views)
Background & objectives: Drug abuse is one of the most psychosocial and public health challenges in the world that is increasing every day and lead to disability and death. The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of death due to drug abuse in Golestan province.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out on all referential bodies to Golestan department of forensic medicine that were died due to drug abuse from March 2010 to March 2016. Data were collected from medical records and analyzed using SPSS version 16 and Pearson chi-square test.
Results: Of the 170 people, who had drug abuse, 95.9% were male and 32.4% were 30-39 years old. The majority of cases (81.8%) were urban residents. Most of them were married (53.5%) and 38.2% of them had secondary education. Drug abuse was identified as the main cause of death (40%). In 56.5% of cases, injection was the most important way of drug abuse.
Conclusion: Opium was the most common agents of death due to drug abuse in Golestan province that were observed mostly among married men aged 30-39 years.
Keywords: Epidemiology, Opioid Abuse, Death, Forensic Medicine
Full-Text [PDF 139 kb]   (1215 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2018/12/16 | Accepted: 2018/12/16 | Published: 2018/12/16
References
1. Asghari E, Ebrahimi H, Chehreh Barghi V, Molaee F. Comparing the Related Sociodemographical Factors in the First and Recurrent Quitting of Drug Addiction. J health and care.2012; 14(1& 2):23-29.
2. Chyrylv S. Drug addiction family relationships in the mirror, Pyr morady Saeed translation, Tehran: Publication Hammam. 2008:15
3. Shokrzadeh M, Yazdani-Charati J, Pourhossein M, Amadehjuybary N. Epidemiological Study of Mortality Rate from opioid Abuse in Referential Bodies to Mazandaran Department of Forensic Medicine. J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci. 2014; 24(115): 122-127.
4. Salari A, Alikhani M, Alikhani AR, Zakiei A, Jamshidi T, Farnia V. Registered Mortality in Kermanshah Legal Medicine Center Due to Taking Drug Abuse and Survey Demographics Variables and Doing Autopsy on their Body's. Ir J Forensic Med. 2016; 21(4): 255-262
5. Hojjat SK, Golmakanie E, kazemi S, Norozi khalili M, lashkardoost H, Sedghi A, Ahmadi moghaddam S, Yousefkhani F. The incidence of death due to substance abuse documented in North Khorasan forensic Medicine Organization in years 2008-2013. J North Khorasan Univ Med Sci. 2013;5(3):571
6. Jbal Ameli M, Ezadi N. The frequency of patients with drug-based indicators of demographic and clinical characteristics. Journal of Brings knowledge. 2005; 10(1): 71-80.
7. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Opioid overdose: preventing and reducing opioid overdose mortality. Vienna: united Nations office on drugs and crime. 2013:1-2.
8. Hall W, Darke S. Trends in opiate overdose deaths in Australia 1979-1995. Drug Alcohol Depend. 1998; 52(1): 71-77. [DOI:10.1016/S0376-8716(98)00044-1]
9. Wunsch MJ, Nakamoto K, Behonick G, Massello W. Opioid deaths in rural Virginia: a description of the high prevalence of accidental fatalities involving prescribed medications. Am J Addict. 2009; 18(1): 5-14. [DOI:10.1080/10550490802544938]
10. Zarrabi H, Najafi K, Kafi M, Shirazi M. Substance Use among Students of Guilan University of Medical Sciences in Iran in2005-2006. Acta Medica Iranica. 2009; 47(6): 473-478.
11. Izadi-Mood N, Tavahen N, Masoumi GR, Gheshlaghi F, Dana Siadat Z, Setareh M, et al. Demographic factors, duration of hospitalization, costs of hospitalization, and cause of death in patients intoxicated with amphetamines and opioids. J Isfahan Med School. 2011; 29(146): 890-900.
12. Bohnert AS, Fudalej S, Ilgen MA, Increasing poisoning mortality rates in the United States, 1999-2006, Public Health Rep. 2010; 125(4): 542-7. [DOI:10.1177/003335491012500409]
13. KHalkhali MR, Najafi K, Nazifi F. The frequency of drugs and substances use in opiate dependents. Med J Gilan Univ Med Sci. 2006, 15(57): 40-47
14. Amooei M, Taremian F. 109 death due to opiume Consumption who refered to Iranian forensic centers. Legal Med J. 2002; 8:20-26.
15. Traci CG, Lauretta E, Graub H, Wayne C, Kinzly M, Heimer R. Epidemiologic trends and geographic patterns of fatal opioid intoxications in Connecticut, USA: 1997–2007. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2011;115: 221–228. [DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.11.007]
16. Gheshlaghi F, Eizadi-Moud N, Soleimanpoor A, Montazeri G, Rahmani-Jouybari M. Investigating the 5-Years Trend of Poisoning Led to Death in Isfahan Province, Iran, during 2010-2014. J Isfahan Med School. 2015; 33(354):1718-1729.
17. Mohammadinia A, Jalilian J, Shayeste Y. Characteristics of Patients Hospitalized with drug and substance abuse in Gorgan, Iran, 2008 - 2015. Iranian Journal of Emergency Care. 2017; 1(1) :69-76.
18. Jabalameli M, Ezadi N. Frequency distribution of opiate poisoning according to individual characteristics and clinical manifestations. Armaghane Danesh. 2005; 10(37): 71-80.
Add your comments about this article
Your username or Email:

CAPTCHA



XML   Persian Abstract   Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Shokrzadeh M, Zarei H, Badeli A, Jalilian J, Ebrahimi Falahtalab F, Lashkarboloki G G, et al . Epidemiology of Death Caused by Drug Abuse in Golestan Province during 2010-2015. j.health 2018; 9 (5) :541-548
URL: http://healthjournal.arums.ac.ir/article-1-1692-en.html


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Volume 9, Issue 5 (winter 2018) Back to browse issues page
مجله سلامت و بهداشت Journal of Health
Persian site map - English site map - Created in 0.13 seconds with 35 queries by YEKTAWEB 4623