[Survey of the depressive disorders prevalence and related risk factors among male new drug users in certain drug rehabilitation center of Changsha city].

Objective: To understand the depressive disorders prevalence and related risk factors among new drug users in a male drug rehabilitation center. Methods: The cross-sectional study was used. A total of 250 new drug users from a male drug rehabilitation center were recruited during March, 2017. The drug users who only use new type of drugs single or use traditional drugs at the same time were collected as the new drug users. Their general information and drug-related information were collected by self-made questionnaire, and depressive disorders and sleep quality information were collected by the self-reported Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the self-reported Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire respectively. Logistic regression test was used to establish associations between variables. Results: Of all 250 drug users, the mean age (P(25), P(75)) was 30 (26, 35) years old, and 32.8% (82) had the depressive disorders. The individuals taking drug dose over 0.4 g daily before entering drug rehabilitation center had significantly more risk of the depressive disorders for 3.18 (1.71-5.90) than those not over 0.4 g daily.The individuals who bad sleep quality had significantly more risk of the depressive disorders for 6.07 (95%CI:3.31-11.12) than those had good sleep quality.The individuals who were depressive patients before the first drug use for 2.39 (95%CI: 1.12-5.10) than those were not depressive patients before the first drug use. Conclusion: There were a high rate of the depressive disorders among new drug users in the rehabilitation center; In addition, several risk factors including the individuals taking drug dose over 0.4 g daily and bad sleep quality, history of the depressive disorders were negatively associated with depressive disorders.