Treatment Seeking Pattern of Relapse Cases of Substance Use Disorder in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Iqbal Masud1, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi2, Tasnuva Humaira3, Amir Hussain4, Farah Naz5, Sanjana Zaman6, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader7

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.1404

Keywords:

Relapse, substance use, drugs, treatment, Bangladesh

Abstract

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.

Author Biography

  • Iqbal Masud1, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi2, Tasnuva Humaira3, Amir Hussain4, Farah Naz5, Sanjana Zaman6, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader7

    1Director, Health Sector, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Bangladesh, 2Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health,
    North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 3Technical Officer, Addiction Management and Integrated Care,
    Dhaka Ahsania Mission, Bangladesh, 4Senior Counselor and Project Coordinator, Improvement of the Real
    Situation of Overcrowding in Prisons in Bangladesh (IRSOP) Project, Dhaka Ahsania Mission, 5Associate
    Professor, Department of Physiology, Green Life Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6Assistant Professor, ,
    7Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Published

2020-03-26

How to Cite

Treatment Seeking Pattern of Relapse Cases of Substance Use Disorder in Bangladesh. (2020). Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 11(3), 759-763. https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i3.1404