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Predisposing factors for substance abuse among elderly people referring to Qazvin addiction treatment centers, Iran (2017)

Background: Drug abuse is one of the most important global issue that has become a 
psychological, social, and family disaster 
Objective: The present study was aimed to determine the causes of substance abuse in the elderly. 
Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 120 addicted elderly people referred to addiction 
treatment centers of Qazvin, Iran were selected by convenience sampling in 2017. The demographic 
and researcher-made substance abuse tendency questionnaires were applied for data collection. Data 
were analyzed by descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean and standard 
deviation. 
Findings: The mean age and age of the onset of drug abuse were 58.83±8.91 and 34.44±13.37 
years, respectively. The majority of the elderly were male (113 subjects, 94.1%), and 102 (85.1%) 
elders were married. Opium was the most common abused drug (75.8%) and more than half of them 
(64.2%) experienced drug discontinuation. Environmental factors were the important reason of 
intendancy towards drug abuse among elderly people. 
Conclusion: In this study, the most important reason of drug abuse in the elderly people was 
environmental factors that were consisted; easy access to drug, lack of sports and recreational 
facilities and the presence of addicted friends.