Quality of Life Among Narcotic Anonymous Male Members in Yazd City, Iran | Zendy

Fatemeh Hosseini | Zendy; Seyed Mojtaba Yassini Ardekani | Zendy; Akbar Kordi | Zendy; Banafshe Farzinrad | Zendy; Morteza Musazadeh | Zendy

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Quality of Life Among Narcotic Anonymous Male Members in Yazd City, Iran

Author(s) -

Fatemeh Hosseini,

Seyed Mojtaba Yassini Ardekani,

Akbar Kordi,

Banafshe Farzinrad,

Morteza Musazadeh

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

international journal high risk behaviors and addiction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266

H-Index - 13

ISSN - 2251-8711

DOI - 10.5812/ijhrba.31275

Subject(s) - quality of life (healthcare) , marital status , analysis of variance , narcotic , psychology , demography , abstinence , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , nursing , sociology , population

Background: Research evidence suggests that the quality of life (QoL) of substance abusers is seriously low. Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess domains of QoL in narcotic anonymous (NA) members. Patients andMethods: In this cross-sectional study, 386 NA members were randomly selected from the city of Yazd, Yazd province, Iran, in 2012. The World Health Organization Quality of Life -Brief Questionnaire was used to assess domain scores of QoL. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and LSD test with SPSS software version 17. Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between age, marital status, drug type used and length of abstinence with domains of QoL (P = 0.001). Conclusions: The findings of the current study show that consistent participation in NA self-help groups can significantly lead to an increase in QoL. Further research is recommended to find out causal relationships between participation in NA and QoL in Iran.

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