Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
13
en
jalali
1398
11
1
gregorian
2020
2
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34
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online
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Indirect estimation of student marijuana consumers population in Hamadan using PRM and NSU methods
Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Original Research
Original Research
<strong>Background: </strong>Finding social causes of a particular disease or specific health problem in groups or hidden illnesses, such as drug misuse is difficult. To estimate the population size, it should be taken into account that under enumeration usually occurs in direct estimation of population of certain high-risk groups. The present study used indirect methods to accurately estimate the population of students who have once experienced marijuana abuse.<br>
<strong>Methods:</strong> This cross sectional research was conducted on 461 students in Hamadan. Two indirect methods, the Network Scale-up (NSU) and proxy respondent method (PRM), were used. Data were analyzed by statistical tests and SPSS version 16 and Excel. <br>
<strong>Results:</strong> The mean age (standard deviation) was 22.51 (4.19 years), and the prevalence of marijuana misuse was 1.94%, 4.12%, and 2.6%, respectively, in girls and 14.57%, 12.58%, and 10.4% in boys using NSU, PRM, and direct method.<br>
<strong> Conclusion:</strong> Direct and NSU methods had higher bias than PRM, the frequency of PRM was closer to reality, and the once use prevalence of marijuana was higher in the young male population than in the female.<br>
Social network, Indirect estimation, Marijuana consumer, Network scale-up (NSU), Proxy respondent method (PRM)
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http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-321-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Leyla
Halimi
lhhalimi20@yahoo.com
200319475328460069010
200319475328460069010
No
Clinical Research Development Unit of Shahid Beheshti Hospital, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Mohammad
Babamiri
mohammad.babamiri@yahoo.com
200319475328460069011
200319475328460069011
No
Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Yadollah
Hamidi
hamidi@umsha.ac.ir
200319475328460069012
200319475328460069012
No
Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health and Research Center for Health Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Reza
Majdzadeh
reza.majdzadeh@gmail.com
200319475328460069013
200319475328460069013
No
Community-Based Participatory-Research (CBPR) Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Ali Reza
Soltanian
arsoltanian@yahoo.com
200319475328460069014
200319475328460069014
Yes
Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology and Research Center for Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran