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Assessment of addiction profiles, addiction trajectories, and coping levels among patients with substance use disorders who experienced the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes

DETERMINING THE ADDICTION PROFILES, ADDICTION TRAJECTORIES, AND COPING LEVELS OF PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS WHO EXPERIENCED THE 2023 TÜRKIYE EARTHQUAKES

Among patients with substance use disorders who experienced the earthquakes, submissive and helpless coping approaches and addiction severity were positively associated with addiction profile scores.

The aim of this study was to examine the addiction profiles, addiction trajectories, and coping levels of patients with substance use disorders who had experienced a natural disaster. The sample of this descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study consisted of 106 patients diagnosed with substance use disorders who experienced the February 6, 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews between January 25 and March 17, 2026, at the psychiatry clinic and the Alcohol and Substance Addiction Treatment Center of a tertiary care hospital in southeastern Türkiye, using a Personal Information Form, the Addiction Profile Index Clinical Form, the Addiction Severity Index, and the Ways of Coping with Stress Scale. Of the patients, 16.04% had attempted suicide or experienced suicidal ideation after the earthquakes; 12.26% of participants had been trapped under rubble during the earthquakes, and 10.38% reported physical injuries. Among dysfunctional coping mechanisms, the submissive approach (r=0.238, p<0.05) and the helpless approach (r=0.426, p<0.01) showed significant positive correlations with the total Addiction Profile Index score. A moderate, significant positive correlation was found between the Addiction Severity Index and the total Addiction Profile Index score (r=0.375, p<0.01). In conclusion, earthquake-related experiences such as suicide attempts, the loss of loved ones, being trapped under rubble, and physical and material losses may have adversely affected patients’ ability to cope with disaster-related stress. These traumatic experiences, together with submissive and helpless coping styles, may have contributed to worsening addiction profiles and an unfavorable course of addiction.

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