J Korean Soc Med Inform.  2009 Mar;15(1):93-108.

Web-based Factor Analysis System for Prevention and Management of Habitual Substance Disorder in Adolescents

• Kong IY
• Bae JY
• Kim YH
• Hwang WJ

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to design the web-based dialogue expert system for preventing and managing of habitual substance disorders in adolescents.
METHODS
Research process includes the requirement analysis, making of questionnaires, actual survey, and its analysis. Based on the analysis, we designed the web-based dialogue expert system.
RESULTS
The habitual substance disorders in adolescents are variable. Our system for managing habitual substance disorders contains the diagnosis of alcoholism, nicotinism, and narcotism. And it analyzes the facts of them based the questionnaires and answer. As the results of the analysis, main reasons in order of the power of influence are belief, will of refusal, personal characteristics, family environment, and psychological personality. Our system suggests the customized solution to conquer that for each adolescent. Moreover, our system also includes the history tracking mechanism to manage the status of each teenager constantly and to make the survey and analysis information.
CONCLUSION
With our system, young boys and girls can know their seriousness of alcoholism, nicotinism, and narcotism. And they can get all possible helps through our system. This system will be the interactive and familiar way that anyone all over the world can use for overcoming problems.

Keyword

Expert System; Adolescents; Alcoholism; Nicotinism; Narcotism

MeSH Terms

Adolescent*
Alcoholism
Diagnosis
Disulfiram
Expert Systems
Factor Analysis, Statistical*
Family Characteristics
Female
Humans
Disulfiram

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  Figure 1 Checkup list for the belief of habitual substance use

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  Figure 2 Checkup list for the refusal will of drinking

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  Figure 3 Checkup list for the refusal will of smoking

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  Figure 4 Checkup list for the refusal will of drug use

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  Figure 5 Checkup list for home/family environments

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  Figure 6 Checkup list for studying

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  Figure 7 Checkup list for school and friends

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  Figure 8 Checkup list for familiy's habitual substance abuse

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  Figure 9 Checkup list for anti-social personality

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  Figure 10 Checkup list for impulse personality

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  Figure 11 Checkup list for gloomy personality

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  Figure 12 Checkup list for uneasy personality13)

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  Figure 13 Checkup list for self-consciousness

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  Figure 14 Diagonosis for habitual substance abuse

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  Figure 15 Factors of the habitual substance abuse, and their relations

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  Figure 16 Example of the result page for non-habitual substance abuse

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  Figure 17 Example of the result page for normal habitual substance abuse

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  Figure 18 Example of the result page for serious habitual substance abuse

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