Assessment of Anxiety and Depression among Drug Addicts at the Addiction Management Unit of Assiut University Hospital | ||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 5, Issue 12, December 2017, Pages 53-62 PDF (878.68 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2017.60438 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Shymaa Mohammed Sayed1; Ikram Ibraheem Mohamed2; Hossam Eddin Khalifa Ahmad3 | ||
| 1Demonstrator of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 2Professor of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| 3Assistant professor of psychiatry, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Addiction is a social, health, economic and cultural harm and problem that have influenced the future sovereignty and security of countries. The interactions between anxiety, depression and drug addiction are complex, approximately 31% of depression and anxiety has been found among drug addict people in Egypt. Aim of the study: To assess levels of anxiety and depression, and assess the difference between levels of anxiety and depression among drug addict people. Subjects and method: Non experimental (case-control) research design used to conduct this study. The current study included 150 subjects, 100 were drug addict people & 50 were drug non- addict people. Tools of study included demographic and clinical data sheet, Drug Use Disorder Identification Test, Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale Results: The majority of drug addict people had severe levels of anxiety and depression as compared to normal non- addict people. Using patterns and various drug related problems was positively and significantly correlated with anxiety (r=0.256&p=0.010*) and depression (r=0.330&p=0.001**). The present study can concluded that drug addict people had severe levels of anxiety and depression than drug non-addict people Recommendations: psychosocial counseling program for drug addict people to decrease depression and anxiety. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| anxiety; depression; Drug Addict People | ||
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