@article{ref1,
title="Adverse effects on people's lives and functioning and marital adjustment of substance use disorder in the Turkish population",
journal="Journal of substance use",
year="2020",
author="Bekircan, E. and Tanrıverdi, D.",
volume="25",
number="2",
pages="205-210",
abstract="AIM: This study was conducted to determine the negative effects on the lives, functioning and marital adjustment of patients with substance use disorder. <br><br>METHOD: The sample of the research consisted of 309 patients. The data were collected by using an Information Form, and the Short Functional Rating Scale (SFRS) and Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS). <br><br>RESULTS: It was found that 19.4% of the patients had their education adversely affected, their divorce rate increased and 44% had their economic position negatively affected. It was also determined that physical health deteriorated in 41.7% of patients, 49.2% of them had attempted suicide, 25.2% had the negative sexual experiences and 69.6% were prone to violent behavior, while 19.1% had contracted a contagious disease. The DAS total score of patients was found to be 76.65 ± 32.48 and the total SFRS score was 1.93 ± 0.80. <br><br>CONCLUSION: As a result, it has been determined that substance use disorder negatively affects the lives of patients in many ways, and patients' functionalities and marital adjustment are low. © 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1465-9891",
doi="10.1080/14659891.2019.1675786",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2019.1675786"
}