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Controlled Alcohol Consumption : Current use in the outpatients facilities
Staš, Filip ; Barták, Miroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
BACKGROUND: Increased health, social and economic risks related to alcohol consumption affect almost a fifth of the population of the Czech Republic, while the availability of outpatient professional care in particular is insufficient. Controlled alcohol consumption can expand the spectrum of treatment interventions. However, its current spread is not mapped. AIMS: To map and analyze the current expansion and form of use of the therapeutic method of controlled alcohol consumption in outpatient facilities in the Czech Republic. METHODS: Semi-structured interviews with 10 communication partners working in outpatient facilities and their thematic analysis in MAXQDA software. Subsequently, the creation of hypotheses, followed by an online questionnaire survey with the resulting set of 85 respondents from outpatient facilities. Hypothesis testing in Statistica MAIN RESULTS: Controlled alcohol consumption is most often described in the form of a set of rules and used as an intermediate step towards an abstinence, with which 69 % of respondents agreed. 53 % of respondents agreed with the concept in a form of alternative to abstinence. 64 % of respondents consider the approach suitable especially in low- threshold services. The majority (64 %) of the involved outpatient facilities allow their clinets to...
Benzodiazepine use in clients of harm reduction programs of SEMIRAMIS z.ú: questionnaire survey
Staš, Filip ; Vacek, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Janíková, Barbara (referee)
BACKGROUND: Abuse of psychoactive drugs shows up to 900 thousand people in Czech Republic, benzodiazepine (further referred as BZD) alprazolam abuse up to 270 thousand people. This is a long-hidden and unresolved problem that also affects people who use drugs. AIMS: The aim of this work is to describe the occurrence of benzodiazepine use among the clients of outreach program and contact center SEMIRAMIS z.ú. To fulfill it, research questions were formulated with focus on prevalence of use, sources of BZD, patterns of their use, the occurrence of risk use of BZD and knowledge of the risks associated with BZD use. METHODS: Quantitative research using a standardized questionnaire was used for data collection and processing. Sample consisted of 79 respondents from clients of the above- mentioned programs using the method of self-selection and selection by judgment. The obtained data were processed using coding, qualitative data from open questions were subjected to basic qualitative analysis. Sorted data were then analyzed and compared using descriptive-statistical methods. MAIN RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence of benzodiazepine use was 67 %, in the last year 37 % of respondents used BZD. 31 % of respondents use them daily or at least once a week. The most commonly used was Rivotril. 44 % of respondents...

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