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Drug consumption, especially self medication among overindepted citizens in North Rhine-Westphalia

Conditions
self-medication drug consumption
R52
F45.9
Pain, not elsewhere classified
Somatoform disorder, unspecified
Registration Number
DRKS00013100
Lead Sponsor
andeszentrum Gesundheit NRW
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
699
Inclusion Criteria

Overindepted people enclosed in the study have to keep at least the second individual counselling at an deptor advisory office in North Rhine-Westphalia. Moreover it's necessary that the person is the main one in the household to get advises (only one survey per household) and he/she has to be at least 16 years old.

Exclusion Criteria

Overindepted people who show up at the debtor advisory office for the first time or who are younger than 16 years old have not been enclosed in the study. Besides people with other members of the household, who already received the survey, have been excluded.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
This study aims at measuring the drug consumption of overindepted people and identifying problems of supply as well as barriers to healthcare. <br>A standardized, written survey has been handed out in October 2017 by workers of deptor and insolvency advisory offices in North Rhine-Westphalia to about 1600 overindepted citizens.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Moreover it should be gathered how overindepted people handle barriers in the access to drugs. Differences in drug consumption depending on age, sex, migration background and level of education should be identified. <br>A standardized, written survey has been handed out in September 2017 by workers of deptor and insolvency advisory offices in North Rhine-Westphalia to about 1600 overindepted citizens.
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