Quality of Life among Adolescents with Addiction: An Assessment Study

Abstract

rug abuse remains a major health challenge all over the world. Drug abuse is excessive and persistent self-administration of a drug without regard to medically or culturally acceptable patterns. Addiction is a complex phenomenon that defies simple explanation or description. A tangled interaction of factors contributes to an adolescent's seeking out, using, and perhaps subsequently abusing drugs.

This study aimed to assess the quality of life among adolescents with addiction through:  Assessment of knowledge of adolescents toward addiction  Assessment of quality of life among adolescents with addiction  Assessment of strategies and coping patterns among addicted adolescents toward addiction. Research Question: 1. What is knowledge of addicted adolescents toward addiction? 2. What is the quality of life among adolescents with addiction? 3. What are the strategies of coping patterns among the addicted adolescents toward addiction?