Rural Older Adults' KAP on Drug Misusing in the Later Life- 1 July 2020

Drug Misuse and Addiction is one of the health issues of older people at the later life which has not been considered competently in Gerontology as well. There are low knowledge and insufficiency investigative data within gerontologists, nurses, physicians and psychologists who work in the ageing community regarding this problem. Having older adults’ knowledge, attitude, and perception of Addiction in Aging is vital. Rural areas are a pristine and intact context where gerontologists could be trained to investigate issues and older adults' problems. The attached data was aimed to investigate the issue in the later life in the rural community of southern Iran. In a cross-sectional study, about 570 middle & older adults (Male = 317, Female = 251, & Withdrawn = 2) who aged 60 years old and above (Birthyear 1920 to 1960) were chosen via random sampling technique. They are covered by rural health administrations in the rural communities of Fars province in southern Iran, 2018. Data was updated in July 2020.

药物滥用与成瘾是老年群体晚年面临的健康问题之一，而老年医学（Gerontology）领域对此尚未得到充分重视。当前，服务老年群体的老年医学从业者、护士、医师及心理学家对该问题的认知水平偏低，相关研究数据也较为匮乏。了解老年群体对老年期成瘾问题的认知、态度与看法至关重要。乡村地区是一处原始且未受过多干扰的研究场景，可用于培训老年医学从业者开展相关问题与老年群体困境的调研。本附随数据集旨在针对伊朗南部乡村社区的老年群体晚年药物滥用与成瘾问题开展调研。本研究采用横断面研究设计，通过随机抽样方法选取了约570名中老年群体（男性317名，女性251名，退出研究2名），研究对象年龄均在60岁及以上（出生年份1920年至1960年）。该调研于2018年在伊朗南部法尔斯省（Fars Province）的乡村社区开展，研究对象均接受当地农村卫生行政管理机构的服务覆盖。数据集于2020年7月完成更新。