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Relapse following treatment of drug dependence in the gulf cooperation council countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis
Other Title(s)
الانتكاسة بعد علاج الإدمان على المخدرات في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي : مراجعة منهجية و تحليل تلوي
Joint Authors
Hamadah, Randah Ribhi
al-Ahmad, Shaykhah Nasir
al-Muhri, Mashari Faysal
al-Hamad, Isra Tariq
al-Masud, Walid Khalid
al-Awfi, Adil Rashid
Jahrami, Haytham Ali
Source
The Arab Journal of Psychiatry
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 2 (30 Nov. 2019), pp.129-142, 14 p.
Publisher
The Arab Federation of Psychiatrists
Publication Date
2019-11-30
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction: Globally, substance misuse remains a public health priority for many countries.
Substance misuse is a chronic health problem with a high risk of relapse along its course.
Few studies have investigated relapse as relates to substance misuse in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries following treatment.
In the current meta-analysis, we aimed to determine the pooled relapse rate among individuals who use substances in the GCC countries.
Methods: PubMed/MEDLINE, Google Scholar, ResearchGate, ArabPsyFound, and ArabPsyNet from inception to end of December 2018.
The obtained articles were systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed.
The statistical analyses followed the binary random-effects model for meta-analysis.
Results: The systematic review and meta-analysis included nine (K=9) original research studies and involved a total of 12819 respondents in four of the six GCC countries.
Six studies (K= 6, N= 3138) had both a sample size and a relapsed number of cases to enter the meta-analysis of pooled relapse rate.
Meta-analytic pooling of the point estimates of relapse rate yielded a result of 55.8% (95% CI 33.4% - 78.2%, P<0.001), with statistically significant evidence of between-study heterogeneity (Q=760.717, τ2=0.078, I 2=99, P<0.001).
Conclusion: Findings from the current systematic review and meta-analysisshow that about 56% of individuals who uses substances will relapse following treatment in the GCC countries.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Ahmad, Shaykhah Nasir& al-Muhri, Mashari Faysal& al-Hamad, Isra Tariq& al-Masud, Walid Khalid& Jahrami, Haytham Ali& al-Awfi, Adil Rashid…[et al.]. 2019. Relapse following treatment of drug dependence in the gulf cooperation council countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry،Vol. 30, no. 2, pp.129-142.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-914955
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Ahmad, Shaykhah Nasir…[et al.]. Relapse following treatment of drug dependence in the gulf cooperation council countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry Vol. 30, no. 2 (Nov. 2019), pp.129-142.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-914955
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Ahmad, Shaykhah Nasir& al-Muhri, Mashari Faysal& al-Hamad, Isra Tariq& al-Masud, Walid Khalid& Jahrami, Haytham Ali& al-Awfi, Adil Rashid…[et al.]. Relapse following treatment of drug dependence in the gulf cooperation council countries : a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Arab Journal of Psychiatry. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 2, pp.129-142.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-914955
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 140-141
Record ID
BIM-914955