Determinants and prevalence of relapse among patients with substance use disorders: case of Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Centre

Table 2 Description of factors influencing relapse in substance use disorders (N = 391)

Variables	Frequency (n = 391)	Percent
Hospitalization time
Between one and three months	384	98.2
Between three and twelve months	7	1.8
Substance used
Four substances and above	44	11.3
One substance	135	34.5
Two/Three substances	212	54.2
Peer groups
No	74	18.9
Yes	317	81.1
Accessibility
No	117	29.9
Yes	274	70.1
Type of accessibility
Financial accessibility	6	1.5
Geographical accessibility	53	13.6
Accessibility & financial accessibility	215	55
None	117	29.9
Stressful influences
No	94	24
Yes	297	76
Family related stressors
Family conflict	153	39.1
Poverty	52	13.3
Inoccupation	79	20.2
None	94	24
Others (poor insight, poor management of triggers,…)	13	3.3
Psychiatric illness and drug use
No	322	82.3
Yes	69	17.7
Medical conditions and drugs
No	377	96.4
Yes	14	3.6
Type of medical condition
Acute diseases (Gastritis, Pancreatic)	3	0.8
Chronic diseases (Diabetes, Cancer, Hypertension, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS)	11	2.8
None	377	96.4

The table displays the descriptive analysis for the medical and clinical characteristics. The hospitalization time had two categories (1 to 3 months; 3 to 12 months of stay at the heath facility), type of medical conditions, the patients were categorised into acute diseases (gastritis and pancreatic), chronic diseases (Diabetes, Cancer, hypertension, hepatitis or HIV), and the third category was for the patients with no chronic diseases. The other characteristic was for the patients with stress that was coded as 0 = no stress and 1 = Stress. The families influenced were analysed where 1 represents family conflicts, 2 = poverty, 3 = unemployment, 3 = no family influence, and 5 = other family influence such as poor insight, or poor management of triggers.; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome

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