. Narges Sadeghi; . Elham Davaridolatabadi; . Azam Rahmani; . Arash Ghodousi; . Marzieh Ziaeirad
Volume 7, Issue 5 , September and October 2017, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Drug abuse influences the quality of life significantly. Thus, the present study isdesigned to compare the quality of life of adolescents and young adults who have voluntarily ...
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BACKGROUND: Drug abuse influences the quality of life significantly. Thus, the present study isdesigned to compare the quality of life of adolescents and young adults who have voluntarily referredto addiction treatment centers at different time slots of upon admission, and 1, 4, and 8 months aftermaintenance therapy.METHODS: The present paper is a longitudinal study on 141 of adolescents and young adults whohad referred to various addiction treatment centers throughout Isfahan voluntarily. The populationwas selected through convenience sampling method and 137 of adolescents and young adultscontinued the research until the end. The results were analyzed using descriptive and analyticstatistics (frequency, mean, standard deviation, repeated measure test, and post‑hoc test) in SPSS 17.RESULTS: Results showed that the average of quality of life total score was sequential and not thesame in the 4 times slots under study. The total quality of life score upon admission was significantlydifferent from 1, 4, and 8 months after maintenance treatment. However, quality of life at 1‑monthwas not significantly different to that at 4 and 8 months after the treatment; quality of life at 4 monthsafter the treatment was not significantly different to that at 8 months after.DISCUSSION: According to the present study, it can be concluded that the quality of life of adolescentsand young adults referring to addiction treatment centers increases 1‑month after the treatment;nevertheless, it is worth to note that the degree of quality of life increase in 4 and 8 months after thetreatment is not as much as that in 1‑month after the treatment.