Quality of life for drug abusers accepting methadone maintenance treatment / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
; (12): 601-605, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-814030
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WPRO
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To explore the change and influence factors of quality of life QOL for drug abusers who accepted methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).@*METHODS@#The questionnaire of QOL-BRIEF was used to measure the level of QQL when patients just entered the study and 6 months after the treatment respectively. The effect of therapy and characteristic of patients on change of QOL was analyzed.@*RESULTS@#The scores in physiological domain, psychological domain, and the total score obviously increased after the treatment. There was no significant difference in the change of QOL between the patients of different dose groups. The QOLs of males and patients with long-time drug use improved significantly after the treatment.@*CONCLUSION@#MMT can raise the QOL of drug abusers. Gender and time of drug use may be the risk factors of QOL improvement.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 -Target 3.5 Prevention and treatment of consumption of psychoactive substances
Health problem:
Target 3.5: Prevention and treatment of consumption of psychoactive substances
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Opioid Abuse
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Quality of Life
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Drug Therapy
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Methadone
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Opioid-Related Disorders
Type of study:
Risk factors
Aspects:
Patient-preference
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article