Program Evaluation of Opiate Addicts

 Ho: There is a correlation between the patient effects observed and the detoxification procedures used at the Sunrise detoxification centre.

 H1 : There is no correlation between the patient effects observed and the opiate detoxification procedures used at the Sunrise detoxification centre.

 Research structure: collection of data from patients’ records, evaluation of the data, making records of the collected data and interpretation of the results.

 A random sample of 200 charts from Sunrise Detoxification Center.

 Data analysis was conducted using SPSS software.

Study assumptions

 There is no marked difference in opiate resistance related to the age and gender of patients

 The effects of buprenorphrine are similar in each patient

 There is no difference in patient outcomes related to years of abuse

Findings

 Age of opiate addicts:

 76% of all subjects were 18-46 years old while 23% of all subjects were 46-65 years of age.

 Most opiate addicts were below 40 years thus opiate addiction is a problem among the young.

 Mean age for opiate addicts was 23.4 years.

 Half of the addicts (100) were 18 -32 years old which is the critical age when most opiate abusers seek medical help.