An Epidemiological Study among Substance Abusers Visiting the Outpatient Opioid Assisted Treatment (OOAT) Centre Clinics in District Patiala
In this study, it was observed that the majority of the substance abusers were males residing in the urban areas belonging to the Schedule Caste (SC) community living in nuclear families. A significant association was found between the type of family and the attempts made previously to quit the drug.
Authors
- Kanwerjit Singh
- Neha Kaler
- Paras Paras
- Balpreet Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-314X)
- Shalinder Kaur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6989-6982)
- Simmi Oberoi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-7617)
Institutions
- Government Medical College (IN)
- Naha City Hospital (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Indian Journal of Community Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_533_24
- Primary Topic
- Diverse Scientific Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00