Factor Related to the Relapse of the Methamphetamine Addicts in Pluak Daeng Hospital - ปัจจัยที่เกี่ยวข้องกับการเสพติดซ้ำของผู้ติด เมทแอมเฟตามีน (ยาบ้า) ที่เข้ารับการบำบัด ในโรงพยาบาลปลวกแดง

บทคัดย่อ

                       Methamphetamine addicts have high rate of relapse for various reasons.  This descriptive study was aimed at preliminarily exploring related factors to the relapse of methamphetamine addicts.  The sample were 21 methamphetamine addicts who repeatedly attending out-patients clinic in the Pluak Daeng Hospital during May-July, 2008.  The instrument employed was a set of questionnaire comprising 4 sections on personal data, predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors.  Descriptive statistics were employed in data analysis.

                        It was found that on predisposing factors, 57.14 percent of the samples were moderately knowledgeable and 47.62 percent had also moderate attitude on the drug.  There were many enabling factors making relapsing more possible,for example,common drug use in their communities (85.71%), their own purchasing (71.42%), challenging information from television (71.42%), local supply of the drug even without local production (57.14%)and availability in the residential areas (52.38%).  On reinforcing factors, they admitted having close friends on drugs (80.96%), of which 61.90 percent were in the same community, receiving information related to drugs from friends (85.71%) and disapproval of family members (61.90%).

                       The results should provide preliminary background for further development on methamphetamine relapse prevention program for this particular group.

Key words:  methamphetamine addicts, relapse addiction, predisposing factors, enabling factors, reinforcing factors