[
    {
        "id": "osp-10535",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Patterns of Substance Use Disorder in Oman: A retrospective study of the National Registry Surveillance Programme between 2004 and 2018",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al Abri",
                "given": "Mahmood Z."
            },
            {
                "family": "Farag",
                "given": "Mohamed AH"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Mosawi",
                "given": "Asaad S."
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Awaidy",
                "given": "Salah T."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/socio-demographic-characteristics-and-patterns-of-substance-use-disorder-in-oman-a-retrospective-study-of-the-national-registry-surveillance-programme",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "20",
        "issue": "4",
        "page": "e296-303",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2020.20.04.004",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: Substance use disorder is a global challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to provide an updated view of socio-demographic characteristics and patterns of substance use in Oman. Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted between 2004 and 2018. Data were retrieved from Oman’s National Drug Addict Registry. The data collected included the socio-demographic characteristics of registered cases, the proportion of various psychoactive substances’ consumption and their routes of administration, the associated sociodemographic determinants as well as comorbid conditions. Results: A total of 6,453 cases were registered during the study’s timeframe. The majority of which were Omani (97.9%), male (98.7%), single (57.9%), unemployed (50.2%), had an education level below university (81.0%) and were adolescents and young adults (77.0%). Opiates were the most common substance used (66.6%) and more than half of the sample were polydrug users (51.0%). Injecting-drug users constituted 53.4% of the total registered cases. The proportion of people with hepatitis virus C, hepatits virus B and HIV among the registered cases were 46.9%, 5.1% and 3.7%, respectively. Conclusion: The findings are in favour of rapidly escalating the introduction of a substance use preventive programme at all school levels as well as making opioid substitution therapy and other harm reduction programmes available in Oman."
    }
]