Quality of life, social desirability and their relationship in opium addicted persons in southeast of Iran.
OBJECTIVE
Addiction leads to many problems which may adversely affect addicted people, their families and impose health care agencies with many challenges. This study aimed to examined quality of life (QoL), social desirability and their relationship among opium addicted persons in southeast of Iran.


METHODS
In a cross-sectional study conducted from September 2012 to January 2013, 123 addicted people were studied. Date collection tools were; checklist of demographic data, Iranian version of the 36-item short form QoL (SF-36) and Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (MC-SDS).


RESULTS
While mean score of QoL was 60.4±29.5, mean score of social desirability were 14.2±3.7. Low, moderate and high levels of social desirability were observed in 4.9%, 90.2% and 4.9% of participants, respectively. Pearson's correlation were not significant between mean score of social desirability and mean score of QoL (p=0.969, r=0.004).


CONCLUSIONS
Addicted participants of present study showed a moderate level of QoL and social desirability, without any significant relationship between QoL and social desirability. Further research is suggested in addicts with social and cultural differences.
Mansour
M
Arab
Neuroscience Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Mkohan@kmu.ac.ir.
Mehri
M
Kohan
Hadi
H
Ranjbar
Nanaz
N
Arab
Masoud
M
Rayani
Salehe Sadat
SS
Mirrashidi
Hossein
H
Rafiei
Masoud
M
Amiri
D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009892:Opium; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012928:Social Desirability; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
D009892:Opium