THE PERCEPTİONS AND ATTİTUDES OF NURSİNG STAFF İN STATE PSYCHİATRİC HOSPİTALS REGARDİNG THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND EFFECTİNG FACTORS

Leyla Baysan Arabacı; Esra Engin; Nihal Yetmiş; Gülşah Şen; Tülay Öztürk

THE PERCEPTİONS AND ATTİTUDES OF NURSİNG STAFF İN STATE PSYCHİATRİC HOSPİTALS REGARDİNG THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND EFFECTİNG FACTORS

Authors

Leyla Baysan Arabacı Izmir Katip Celebi University Health Sciences Faculty Nursing Department Mental Health and Psychiatry Nursing Department
Esra Engin Ege University Nursing Faculty Psychiatry Nursing Department
Nihal Yetmiş Ege University Medicine Faculty General Surgery Clinic
Gülşah Şen Beylikdüzü Final Okulları
Tülay Öztürk Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Medicine Hospital

Keywords:

Nurse, addiction, substance abuse, treatment, psychiatry hospital

Abstract

Objective: This study was performed with the aims of determining the perceptions of nursing staff in psychiatric hospitals regarding the causes and treatment of substance addiction as well as their attitudes towards people with substance abuse problems.
Method: This study was carried out with 389 nurses working at 5 state psychiatry hospitals in Turkey. In this study, Demographic Questionnaire, the Causes of Drug Abuse Scale (CADAS), Drug Abuse Scale (CUDAS), Attitudes Scale (AS), and a demographic questionnaire were used. Independent sample t-test, variance, correlation, and linear regression analyses were used.
Results: In this study, a negative relationship was established between the nurses’ perception of the causes of substance addiction and their attitude towards people with substance abuse problems; a positive relationship was found between the nurses’ perception of the treatment of substance abuse and their attitude towards people with substance abuse problems (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Nursing staff working in psychiatric hospitals in Turkey have the perception that a person takes substances in order to “cope with problems” and for reasons pertaining to his/her “social environment” and in order to recover from substance abuse, they should “avoid the substance” and “seek social-professional help”.

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THE PERCEPTİONS AND ATTİTUDES OF NURSİNG STAFF İN STATE PSYCHİATRİC HOSPİTALS REGARDİNG THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND EFFECTİNG FACTORS