The consequences of regular methamphetamine use in tehran: qualitative content analysis
Background: In recent years, methamphetamine use has increased noticeably in Iran, and this can make harmful consequences for the health of individuals and society. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the consequences of regular methamphetamine use in Tehran.
Methods: This study was conducted based on a conventional content analysis approach. Data were collected through observation and in-depth interviews with 20 regular adult users of methamphetamine in Tehran (including 15 males and 5 females). Participants were selected using snowball sampling and purposeful sampling, which continued until data saturation. Guba and Lincoln's criteria were used to assess the strength of the study.
Results: The extraction of the codes resulted in three main categories: (1)the short-term consequences, consisting of the sub-categories of individual and social consequences, (2) the long-term consequences, consisting of the sub-categories of psychological and physical consequences, high-risk behaviors, severely decayed memory and changes in the eating pattern, and (3) hallucinations and delusions including the sub-categories of visual and auditory hallucinations, persecutory delusions and delusion of having supernatural power.
Conclusion: Regular methamphetamine use may have serious adverse effects on the overall health of individuals. It is therefore highly recommended that educational programs must implement with the use of methamphetamine in the high- risk groups in order to raise awareness and change attitudes about the short and long term consequences. is highly recommended.
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The consequences of regular methamphetamine use in tehran: qualitative content analysis
Posted 14 May, 2020
On 30 Apr, 2020
On 29 Apr, 2020
On 29 Apr, 2020
On 14 Apr, 2020
Received 09 Apr, 2020
Received 28 Mar, 2020
Received 28 Mar, 2020
On 27 Mar, 2020
On 26 Mar, 2020
Invitations sent on 26 Mar, 2020
On 26 Mar, 2020
On 26 Mar, 2020
On 25 Mar, 2020
On 25 Mar, 2020
Received 06 Feb, 2020
On 06 Feb, 2020
Received 27 Jan, 2020
Received 27 Jan, 2020
On 17 Jan, 2020
On 13 Jan, 2020
On 07 Jan, 2020
On 27 Dec, 2019
Invitations sent on 27 Dec, 2019
On 26 Dec, 2019
On 26 Dec, 2019
On 23 Dec, 2019
Background: In recent years, methamphetamine use has increased noticeably in Iran, and this can make harmful consequences for the health of individuals and society. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the consequences of regular methamphetamine use in Tehran.
Methods: This study was conducted based on a conventional content analysis approach. Data were collected through observation and in-depth interviews with 20 regular adult users of methamphetamine in Tehran (including 15 males and 5 females). Participants were selected using snowball sampling and purposeful sampling, which continued until data saturation. Guba and Lincoln's criteria were used to assess the strength of the study.
Results: The extraction of the codes resulted in three main categories: (1)the short-term consequences, consisting of the sub-categories of individual and social consequences, (2) the long-term consequences, consisting of the sub-categories of psychological and physical consequences, high-risk behaviors, severely decayed memory and changes in the eating pattern, and (3) hallucinations and delusions including the sub-categories of visual and auditory hallucinations, persecutory delusions and delusion of having supernatural power.
Conclusion: Regular methamphetamine use may have serious adverse effects on the overall health of individuals. It is therefore highly recommended that educational programs must implement with the use of methamphetamine in the high- risk groups in order to raise awareness and change attitudes about the short and long term consequences. is highly recommended.