Treatment Seeking Pattern of Relapse Cases of Substance Use Disorder in Bangladesh
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.1404Keywords:
Relapse, substance use, drugs, treatment, BangladeshAbstract
Background & objective: Despite the high prevalence and numerous adverse health consequences, many
individual with substance uses don’t seek proper treatment. Therefore, this study was aimed to explore the
treatment seeking pattern of relapse cases of substance use disorder in Bangladesh.
Method: Cross-sectional study was conducted among 911 relapse cases from all over Bangladesh during
January to December 2018. Data were analyzed by SPSS v 23. Descriptive statistics were performed and
results were expressed by number and percentage.
Results: Majority (48.0%) of the substance users were young adult (19-30 years). Most of them were
businessman (35.0%) or unemployed (29.7%) and lived with family (96.3%). In multiple response, 70.0%
of them received money to purchase drug from parents and 56.1% their own. 70.0% of relapse cases came
to treatment center unwillingly and mostly with family (63.2%) and majority (98.9%) received residential
treatment. Individual (68.4%) and group counseling (61.3%), psycho-social session (50.5%), life-skill
session (48.0%), medical treatment (45.9%), family counseling (36.6%) and couple counseling (11.1%)
was treatment approaches. Detoxification and rehabilitation alone or combination was most common
rehabilitation.
Conclusion: Combination of treatment is common in Bangladesh for relapse cases of substance use disorder.
Long term follow up is needed to see the ultimate outcome.