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. 2023 Mar 21:12:63.
doi: 10.4103/abr.abr_85_21. eCollection 2023.

Relation of Social Support Status and Social Health in People with Drug Abuse

Afsaneh Nourafkan  1 , Zahra Amini  1
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Relation of Social Support Status and Social Health in People with Drug Abuse

Afsaneh Nourafkan et al. Adv Biomed Res. .

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the status of social support in people with drug abuse and its relationship with social health in patients referring to addiction treatment centers in Isfahan.

Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in Isfahan addiction treatment centers in 2019-2020. The study population was the total number of people with drug abuse in Isfahan addiction treatment centers that 300 people with substance abuse and 300 people as control group were included. Social support and social health questionnaires were distributed among the participants. The Keez Social Health Questionnaire, designed in the United States in 2004, is about daily life and the social environment and measures social health. Another questionnaire was the social support of Sherbon and Stewart (MOS). This scale was a self-report tool that measured the amount of social support received by the subject.

Results: The results showed a positive, direct, and significant relationship between the dimensions of social support and social health in the group of patients with drug abuse (P < 0.05). Comparison of social support and its dimensions in the two control and affected groups showed that the scores in the healthy group were significantly higher than the affected group (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: According to the results of this study, the level of social support and social health in people with substance abuse is less than other people in society, and to improve the social health of people with substance abuse, more social support should be provided.

Keywords: Drug abuse; public health; social support.

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