Mehran Sohrabzadeh; Mohsen Niazi; Rostam Mennati; Aziz Kasani; Walieh Mennati
Volume 22, Special Issue , March and April 2016, , Pages 1170-1179
Abstract
Background: The use of industrial drug such as methamphetamine ,reported asan important health problemin students and adolescents in around the world. It was regarded as a concerning event in the students by World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, the aim of present study was determining prevalence ...
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Background: The use of industrial drug such as methamphetamine ,reported asan important health problemin students and adolescents in around the world. It was regarded as a concerning event in the students by World Health Organization (WHO). Therefore, the aim of present study was determining prevalence of methamphetamine in the Iranian male student using a meta-analysis study. Material and Methods: the present meta-analysis was conducted using random effect model. For the selecting studies on the prevalence of methamphetamine were searched in SID, Iranmedex, Magiran, Medlib, Pubmed, ISIand Scopus databases by three researchers from 2001 to2014. Then, were identified 69articles and after reviewing based on inclusion and exclusion criteria wereincluded10 articles in the study and was used from the random-effects model by CMA-2 software for analyzing data. Also, the heterogeneity was determined to Q,Ƭ2 and I2 coefficients. Results:The pooled effect size (prevalence)was obtained around 1.2% (CI 95%: 0.8-1.6). Also, in the subgroup analysis, the prevalence of amphetamine was attained 1.6% and 0.9%after and before 2010, respectively. Moreover, the indices related to heterogeneity were including; Q=6.38, I2=0.31 and T2=0.16. In addition, there was a significant association between age and the prevalence of methamphetamine (B=1.13, p=0.01) in the meta-regression analysis. Discussion: Although, the prevalence of methamphetamine was less than other drugs in the male students. But, the increasing prevalence of methamphetamine in the Iranian students, especially in male students, is as a serious warning to the authorities and families.