Elham Davaridolatabadi
Islamic Azad University, Iran
Title: The quality of life of adolescents and young adults referring to addiction treatment centres upon their admission, and one, four and eight months after maintenance treatment
Biography
Biography: Elham Davaridolatabadi
Abstract
Drug abuse impacts quality of life signifi cantly. Th us, the present study is designed to compare the quality of life of adolescents and young adults who have voluntarily referred to addiction treatment centres at diff erent time slots of uponadmission, and one, four and eight months aft er maintenance treatment.
Th e Study is a longitudinal study on 141 of adolescents and young adults who had referred to various addiction treatment centres throughout Isfahan voluntarily. Th e population was selected through availability sampling method and 137 of adolescents and young adults continued the research till the end. Th e SF36 Questionnaire was used. Th e collected data was analyzed using statistical indices and SPSS soft ware. The obtained results showed that the average of quality of life total score was sequential and not the same in the four time slots under study. According to the post-hoc test, the total quality of life score upon-admission was signifi cantly diff erent from one, four and eight months aft er maintenance treatment. However, quality of life at one month was not signifi cantly diff erent to that at four and eight months aft er the treatment; also, quality of life at four months aft er the treatment was not signifi cantly diff erent to that at eight months after. According to the results obtained in the present study, it can be concluded that the quality of life of adolescents and young adults referring to addiction treatment centres increases one month aft er the treatment; nevertheless, it is worth to note that the degree of quality of life increase in four and eight months aft er the treatment is not as much as that in one month after the treatment. Th at is, the degree of quality of life increase is not that signifi cant in four and eight months aft er the treatment
in comparison with one month aft er the treatment. Th us, in addition to maintenance treatment, other aspects of quality of life, especially social, support and social network should be taken into consideration for a successful treatment and avoiding recurrence of addiction in this sensitive segment of society.