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Characteristics of clients receiving treatment in Australian drug and alcohol agencies: a national census
(Caractéristiques des patients fréquentant les centres australiens de traitement contre l'alcoolisme et la toxicomanie: un recensement national)
Auteur(s) :
WEBSTER, P. ;
MATTICK, R. P. ;
BAILLIE, A. J.
Année
1992
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0959-5236
Refs biblio. :
12
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 1992, 11, 111-119
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
85% des centres de soins australiens ont répondu au recensement permettant de dresser le portrait type des patients suivis. 90% d'entre eux sont usagers de substances et 10% sont des parents ou amis. L'âge moyen est de 34 ans, 2/3 sont des hommes. La plupart des personnes sont nées en Australie, et 10% aborigènes. La majorité de ces patients sont sans emploi. 55% suivent un traitement ambulatoire, les opiacés venant en deuxième position après l'alcool . 33% de ces usagers se sont injecté des drogues au cours des 12 derniers mois.
ENGLISH :
Of the agencies surveyed nationwide, 431 (85.2%) completed and returned census forms describing demographic and drug use details of their clients. Ninety percent of the clients seen were substance users, and 10% of clients were relatives or freinds of a substance user. The mean age of the clients was 34 years and two-thirds were male. The majority were Australian born, with 10% described as Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders. The majority of the clients were not in paid employment. Fifty-five percent of all clients received treatments services on a non-residential basis. The most frequent presenting drug problem reported was alcohol, followed by opiates and tobacco. Thirty-three percent of the substance users were reported to have injected illicit drugs in the past 12 months. (Extract from author's abstract)
85% des centres de soins australiens ont répondu au recensement permettant de dresser le portrait type des patients suivis. 90% d'entre eux sont usagers de substances et 10% sont des parents ou amis. L'âge moyen est de 34 ans, 2/3 sont des hommes. La plupart des personnes sont nées en Australie, et 10% aborigènes. La majorité de ces patients sont sans emploi. 55% suivent un traitement ambulatoire, les opiacés venant en deuxième position après l'alcool . 33% de ces usagers se sont injecté des drogues au cours des 12 derniers mois.
ENGLISH :
Of the agencies surveyed nationwide, 431 (85.2%) completed and returned census forms describing demographic and drug use details of their clients. Ninety percent of the clients seen were substance users, and 10% of clients were relatives or freinds of a substance user. The mean age of the clients was 34 years and two-thirds were male. The majority were Australian born, with 10% described as Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders. The majority of the clients were not in paid employment. Fifty-five percent of all clients received treatments services on a non-residential basis. The most frequent presenting drug problem reported was alcohol, followed by opiates and tobacco. Thirty-three percent of the substance users were reported to have injected illicit drugs in the past 12 months. (Extract from author's abstract)
Affiliation :
Natl Drug Alcohol Res. Ctr, Univ. N.S.W., N.S.W, Australia
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.