Sociological and Psychological Factors on Prohibited Substances Abuse in Rehabilitation Centre of Medan City, Indonesia

Authors

  • Vita Camellia Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Fasihah Irfani Fitri Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Surya Husada Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Dudy Aldiansyah Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Ichwan Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Khairunnisa Khairunnisa Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan 20155, Indonesia
  • Farah Diba Harahap Department of Health, STIKES Nurliana, Medan 20237, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2019.611

Keywords:

Social and Psychological Factor, Prohibited Substances, Rehabilitation

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Prohibited substances issue and their abuse have become a scourge for people in Indonesia. This situation creates concern for every level of society since this is very influential to damage and can even eliminate generations at a later time.

AIM: This study aims to determine the characteristics of age, education, psychological and social problems related to substance dependence experienced by individuals with substance disorders who undergo rehabilitation in Medan, Indonesia.

METHODS: This study is a cross-sectional analytic, in which the sample of this study was individuals who underwent rehabilitation in the Rehabilitation Center in Medan City who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. A structured interview was carried out with the MINI ICD-10 on part M. disorders related to psychoactive substances. Furthermore, to see the level of dependence, WHO ASSIST questionnaire (The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test) was used.

RESULTS: This study discovered that subjects with age above 21 years were the most dominant of the prohibited substance users group as many as 87 people (69%), Batak tribe with 73 people (57.9%), residence originating from outside the city with 70 people (55.6%), Unmarried with 87 people (70.2%), education level is medium (junior high school) with 117 people (92.9%) and work as many as 77 people (61.1%). The study also found that the most dominant number of prohibited substances users were single users of methamphetamine and a combination of two substances, each of which was 49 people (38.9%). There is no relationship between social factors and patterns of prohibited substance use. Also, the most dominant users of prohibited substances who undergo rehabilitation are those based on family and police (involuntary admission). Finally, as many as 70 people used methamphetamine require intensive intervention.

CONCLUSION: This study shows that social and demographic factors are not related to the pattern of prohibited substance use.

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Published

2019-10-14

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Camellia V, Fitri FI, Husada MS, Aldiansyah D, Ichwan M, Khairunnisa K, Harahap FD. Sociological and Psychological Factors on Prohibited Substances Abuse in Rehabilitation Centre of Medan City, Indonesia. Open Access Maced J Med Sci [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 14 [cited 2024 Apr. 26];7(23):4137-42. Available from: https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2019.611

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