Substance use and quality of life over 12 months among buprenorphine maintenance-treated and methadone maintenance-treated heroin-addicted patients

Maremmani, Icro; Pani, P.; Pacini, Matteo; Perugi, Giulio

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2006.11.009

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“…In this study, 91.4% of the patients in maintenance therapy centers were male, and this is consistent with some other studies (9,10,13,(19)(20)(21). Some of the reasons for the higher percentage of males may be the higher prevalence of drug dependency among males and the lower number of females referring to methadone maintenance treatment centers (21).…”

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“…Perhaps one of the reasons for the insignificant difference between drug-dependent and non-drug dependent groups in this study was methadone maintenance treatment, which relatively improved quality of life in drug-dependent people. The present results suggest relatively good scores of individuals who received methadone maintenance treatment, which is consistent with the results of other studies done on the quality of life of people undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (9,(16)(17)(18).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Recent studies have examined the impact of drug dependency on the life of people and on their interactions and experience (6,7). Some studies indicate the lower quality of life of drug dependent people compared to that of non-drug dependents (8)(9)(10)(11)(12). However, some studies have shown that the quality of life of drug dependent individu…”

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confidence: 99%

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Quality of Life Among Drug-Dependent and Non-Drug Dependent Individuals in Iran

Aghayan

Khosravi

Ramezanzad

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Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: Drug dependency is one of the most important issues in any society and it is among the most widespread health risk factors. Objective: This study was conducted to determine quality of life in drug-dependent individuals, who were under methadone treatment, and non-drug dependent persons in Shahroud (northeast of Iran). Methods: In this comparative study, 266 drug dependent participants and 541 non-drug dependent participants were studied in 2014. The Persian version of SF-36 Quality of Life Questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were analyzed using chi square test, t test, and ANOVA.

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Quality of Life Among Drug-Dependent and Non-Drug Dependent Individuals in Iran

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Ramezanzad

et al. 2018

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“…the Lancashire Quality of Life Profile, WHOQOL) provide information that is not included in traditional diagnostic and evaluation tools for measuring substance abuse such as the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) or Maudsley Addiction Profile (MAP) (Giacomuzzi et al 2005;McLellan et al 2006;Smith and Larson 2003). They also give a comprehensive view of people's situations, not only focusing on problems and disabilities but also looking for strengths and resources (Maremmani et al 2007;Saleebey 1996).…”

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Exploratory Study on Drug Users’ Perspectives on Quality of Life: More than Health-Related Quality of Life?

2008

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In drug treatment outcome literature, a focus on objective and socially desirable indicators of change (e.g. no drug use) has predominated, while outcome indicators that are important for drug users themselves (e.g. quality of life, satisfaction with treatment) have largely been neglected. Nonetheless, Quality of Life (QoL) has become an important concept to evaluate effectiveness of treatment in mental health care research and disability studies. Given the almost exclusive focus on Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) in substance abuse research and the neglect of clients' perspectives in this field, we explore in this study the concept of QoL as perceived by drug users. Focus group discussions (n = 9) were organised in various treatment settings and community services for drug users in the region of Ghent, Belgium to identify important dimensions of QoL and their interpretation by drug users. Data were clustered and analysed based on the theoretical framework of Robert Schalock (Quality of life. Volume 1: Conceptualization and measurement, 1996). The domains 'personal relationships', 'social inclusion' and 'self-determination' were discussed most frequently by the participants. They stressed the importance of a supportive social network in particular. It can be concluded that QoL is not primarily associated by drug users with health and it involves much more than the aspects typically represented in measures of HRQOL.

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“…The results of various studies indicate that the quality of life of addicts is lower than that of normal people [14]. Some studies have also shown that methadone and buprenorphine maintenance treatments have had positive effects on the life quality of the addicts [15]. It has been shown that chronic maintenance treatment with Methadone has a positive effect on improving the quality of life from baseline [16,17].…”

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Evaluation of Erectile Function and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Petrov¹,

Orbetzova²,

Iliev³

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Abstract:The controversial data for erectile function and quality of life of patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) and lack of questionnaire-based studies, providing information about these bio-psycho-social issues, in Bulgaria motivated the investigators to examine the frequency of erectile dysfunction among patients on methadone maintenance treatment, and to identify quality of life among these subjects. For these needs cross-sectional, observational with no intervention, case-control, questionnaire-based study was performed which included participants from 18 to 40 years of age undergoing MMT for at least six months and clinically healthy people. A total of 91 patients from 5 clinical programs for MMT in Bulgaria took part in the study and 27 clinically healthy people from the same age and without a history of drug abuse, psychiatric and somatic diseases which served as a control group. All participants signed informed consent. For evaluating erectile function International Index of Erectile Function survey was used. SF 36 v.2 quality of life survey was used for assessing the quality of the participants. When comparing results of the quality of life survey in Patient and Control group significant differences were found in all of the components of the survey (p<0.05) with lower results in the Patient group. When analysing results from the IIEF survey significantly lower total scores were present for all components of the survey in the patient as compared to the group of healthy men (p<0.05).

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Substance use and quality of life over 12 months among buprenorphine maintenance-treated and methadone maintenance-treated heroin-addicted patients

Cited by 130 publications

References 58 publications

Quality of Life Among Drug-Dependent and Non-Drug Dependent Individuals in Iran

Quality of Life Among Drug-Dependent and Non-Drug Dependent Individuals in Iran

Exploratory Study on Drug Users’ Perspectives on Quality of Life: More than Health-Related Quality of Life?

Evaluation of Erectile Function and Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment

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