scholarly journals Individual Characteristics And The Gateway Hypothesis Among Drug User Patient In Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-113
Author(s):  
Aryo Saloko ◽  
Asfi Manzilati
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug User ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Gateway Hypothesis ◽  
Use Pattern ◽  
Drug Use Pattern

Drug abuse has become severe not just in the world but also in Indonesia. To address this problem, public policies and researcher try to understand the drug use pattern. One of the famous concept in drug use pattern is gatheway hypothesis.  The gateway hypothesis refers to the pattern of substance use initiate softer drug lead to the harder drug. However, many literature shows drug use pattern is not just gateway pattern, there is reversal pattern and using both gateway and reversal pattern. Many studies have discussed the relationship between drug use and individual characteristics. However, few of them are relatively link between individual characteristics and the sequential order in drug use. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how individual characteristics are associated with the gateway pattern and other pattern for different types of drugs. We use a secondary dataset of individual drug user patients from the Rehabilitation Center of National Narcotics Board aged 14–67 years assessed using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), employing probit and multinominal logit model. Duration are associated with initial soft drug user with gateway pattern. While alcohol use and have high education level related with initial hard drug user with reversal pattern. Interestingly, duration and alcohol use correlated with initial intermediate drug user with all kind of pattern. Prevention and intervention efforts should be targeting high-risk characteristics of people at an initial stage of drug use and progression to the next stage.

Physical Health of Patients with Drug use Disorders

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
E. Díaz-Mesa ◽  
T. Bobes ◽  
S. Al-Halabí ◽  
G. Flórez ◽  
A. Terán ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Clinical State ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Health Area ◽  
Drug Use Disorders ◽  
Substance Dependent ◽  
Acute Patients

Aim:To describe the physical health profile of patients with drug use disorders who were included in the study of adaptation-validation of the Addiction Severity Index 6th version (ASI-6) into Spanish.Method:Multicentre, observational, longitudinal, prospective study. A total of 194 substance dependent/abuser individuals were included. Assessments were made with the Spanish ASI-6.Results:Men were 79.9%, mean ages were 41.08 (SD 11.64), 42.3% were single and 87.6% were acute patients. The severity score in the Physical Health area was 44.32 (SD 9.51). The most prevalent diseases were: 25.3% hepatitis, 11.9% had high blood pressure, 8.2% cirrhosis or hepatic disease, 6.7% epilepsy or convulsions and 5.7% tuberculoses. No statistically significant differences were found according to gender. Acute patients had statistically significant higher proportion of pregnant woman (2.3% vs. 0% p< 0.05) and lower proportion of diabetes (3.5% vs. 12.5% p= 0.05).Conclusions:Patients with drug use disorders have a mild-moderate severity of physical health. Physical health is not influenced by gender, but it is by the clinical state.

Validity of the Self-Reported Drug Use Section of the Addiction Severity Index and Associated Factors Used under Naturalistic Conditions

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Denis ◽  
Mélina Fatséas ◽  
Virginie Beltran ◽  
Claire Bonnet ◽  
Stéphane Picard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
The Self ◽  
Addiction Severity

scholarly journals EXAMINING THE GATEWAY HYPOTHESIS OF DRUG USE IN INDONESIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Aryo Galih Saloko ◽  
Asfi Manzilati
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Drug Misuse ◽  
Hard Drug ◽  
Gateway Hypothesis ◽  
Soft Drug ◽  
Global Threat

Background: Drug misuse is a global threat, including  in Indonesia. Solving issues of drug use is by understanding the drug patterns. One of the important concepts related to public policy in drug addiction is the gateway hypothesis. However, not all researchers support this theory as the initation of drug use is debatable in terms of how a person starts to consume tobacco and alcohol, marijuana, and then other drugs.Aim: This study identified a initiation sequence of drug use, particularly the gateway from soft to hard drugs and its reverse from hard to soft drug patterns.Methods: This study employed a dataset of drug user patients aged 14–67 years from the Rehabilitation Center of National Narcotics Board in 2014-2018. The dataset was assessed using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI). Purposive sampling was utilized in the sample selection.  The dataset was divided into three subsamples to identify the pattern. The subsamples included regular soft-drug users, regular intermediate-drug users, and regular hard-drug users. This study used a quantitative method and cross-tabulation approach along with descriptive statistics.Results: Most of the drug users began consuming intermediate drugs and then soft drugs. Only early users followed the gateway pattern, while those in the intermediate and hard drug pattern mostly did not have the gateway pattern.Conclusion: A policy about prevention of soft drug use (marijuana) in early use may be effective to reduce harder drug use in the future.Keywords: drug use, gateway hypothesis, reversal pattern

scholarly journals Características pessoais e familiares entre adolescentes infratores

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Corrêa Matias Pereira ◽  
Carine Gabriele Silva Zambalde ◽  
Cecília Canquerini Lambert ◽  
Poliane Moreira Costa ◽  
Jacqueline Simone de Almeida Machado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity

Objetivo: descrever sobre as características pessoais e familiares entre adolescentes infratores em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa desenvolvida com 40 adolescentes em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. Foram utilizados como instrumentos de coletas de dados os questionários Teen Addiction Severity Index e o Drug Use Screening Inventory. Resultados: verificou-se idade média de 16,78 anos com 5,48±3,55 meses em cumprimento de medida socioeducativa. A maioria se declarou parda, evangélica e com Ensino Fundamental incompleto. O tráfico foi o ato infracional mais frequente e a maconha a droga de uso mais comum. A maioria relatou que os familiares já tiveram problemas em casa, no trabalho ou com amigos por causa do uso de drogas e é expressivo o número de familiares que também apresenta conflito com a lei. Conclusão: identificou-se influência da família na vida do adolescente no que se relaciona ao ato infracional e ao uso de drogas.

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