Valoración del índice de salud SF-36 aplicado a usuarios de programas de metadona: valores de referencia para la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca

Iraurgi, Ioseba; Poo, Mónica; Alonso, Iñaki Markez

doi:10.1590/s1135-57272004000500006

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“…Ideally, the objective of evaluating QoL among drug-dependent individuals should be not only to evaluate patients with regard to the presence or absence of symptoms or adverse reaction to treatment, but also to focus on how drug-dependent individuals experience their daily lives [15,16]. In the area of substance use, though, the evaluation of QoL of substance users has been conducted mainly using generic QoL instruments [17]. Some studies have focused preferentially on health-related factors, which overshadows the complexities of drug dependence or personal factors that may hinder effective treatment [15].…”

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The application of the drug user quality of life scale (DUQOL) in Australia

Zúbaran

Emerson

Sud

et al. 2012

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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BackgroundThe concept of quality of life relates to the perceptions of individuals about their mental and physical health as well as non-health related areas. The evaluation of quality of life in the context of substance abuse has been conducted using generic instruments. The Drug Users Quality of Life Scale (DUQOL) is a specific assessment tool in which the most pertinent and salient areas to drug abusers are taken into consideration. In this study, the authors report the results of a validation study in which the DUQOL was used for the first time in Australia.MethodsA sample of 120 participants from inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities completed a series of questionnaires, including the DUQOL and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF). Parameters investigated in this study included the demographic characteristics of the sample, internal structure, and convergent validity. Correlations between the DUQOL scale scores and the scores of the WHOQOL-Bref test were investigated via Pearson product-moment correlation analyses.ResultsThe English version of the DUQOL attained a significant overall Cronbach's alpha of 0.868. The factorial analysis of the DUQOL identified one principal factor that accounted for 28.499% of the variance. Convergent validity analyses demonstrate significant correlations (p < 0.01) between the DUQOL scores and the scores of all four dimensions of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that the DUQOL constitutes a reliable research instrument for evaluating quality of life of substance users in Australia.

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The application of the drug user quality of life scale (DUQOL) in Australia

Zúbaran

Emerson

Sud

et al. 2012

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

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“…25 Al igual que en otros estudios, el presente encontró que al comparar el grupo 1 con el grupo 2, se observó que este último tuvo puntuaciones más altas en los dominios de dolor corporal, desempeño emocional, desempeño físico, función social, salud general y vitalidad. 10,[26][27][28][29] Es de aclarar que en los puntajes del dominio de función física no hubo cambios estadísticamente significativos, debido a que los pacientes que participaron de esta investigación tenían puntajes altos de calidad de vida en ambos grupos en el momento de aplicar la encuesta: grupo 1 Me = 85 RIC (70 -100); grupo 2 Me = 100 RIC (95 -100); situación diferente a la descrita en otras investigaciones en pacientes con dependencia a heroína, quienes tuvieron puntajes inferiores al inicio del PMM. 26 Es conocido que la dependencia a drogas es una enfermedad crónica frecuentemente acompañada de alteraciones anímicas; 30 Lo anterior, sumado a que tanto el grupo 1 como el grupo 2 tuvieran puntuaciones en el dominio de salud mental con una mediana superior a 65, podría explicar por qué no hubo cambios estadísticamente significativos en este aspecto en particular entre los grupos.…”

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Quality of life of heroin dependent patients from a drug dependence attention center of Medellin (Colombia)

Otálvaro¹,

Gómez²,

Tirado³

et al. 2012

Invest. Educ. Enferm.

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Objective. To describe the quality of life in terms of health, in the different stages of treatment of patients addict to heroin attended in a drug-dependence attention center of Medellin. Methodology. Cross sectional epidemiological study. 40 heroin addicts in the different stages of treatment: dishabituation, social reinsertion and maintenance program with methadone were interviewed in 2009. The SF-36 instrument for the evaluation of the quality of life and the Zung’s test for depression were used. Descriptive analysis and comparisons through non parametric tests to determine differences among the groups were performed (Group 1: Hospitalized patients, in phase of dishabituation and social reinsertion, and group 2: patients in any of the stages of the methadone’s maintenance program according to the treatment’s phase). Statistical significance was assumed if p<0.05 to determine differences among groups. Results. 40 patients participated (19 in group 1 and 21 in group 2). It was found that the quality of life was better in the patients in group 2 with statistical significant differences for all the domains, except for the physical function and mental health, which from the beginning had higher scores than the 75th percentile. Conclusion. Quality of life is better in patients who have longer time in the maintenance program with methadone.

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“…Ideally, a QOL tool for PWUDs should not be limited to symptoms and negative reactions to treatments and must encompass the care-seeker’s experiences with daily life as well [ 10 ]. In general, QOL in PWUDs is mostly measured using generic instruments [ 11 ]. Recently, new tools have been introduced that are specially designed to focus on specific fields of drugs abusive use.…”

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Validation and psychometric properties of the drug users’ quality of life scale in Iranian population

Heydarpour

Jalali

Baghaei

et al. 2020

Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

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Introduction: Drug dependence and the resultant problems notably decrease the quality of life (QOL). Measuring the QOL in persons who use drugs (PWUD s) and planning to improve it can be helpful for rehabilitation programs. Given the absence of a standard tool to measure the quality of life of PWUD, the present study is an attempt to validate psychometric and cultural characteristics of non-injection drug users' QOL scale. Method: The study was carried out as a validation and methodological work. The study population consisted of 273 PWUDs in Kermanshah-based drug clinics including outgoing and hospitalized patients. The participants were selected through convenient-quota sampling. After securing the required permission from the copyright owner of the tool, it was forward/backward translated. Face validity and content validity were determined quantitatively and qualitatively. To examine construct validity of the tool, explorative factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach's alpha and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (v.25) and LISREL (v.8). Results: Explorative factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) results supported the tool with one factor and 22 items. The R2 index in the model was equal to 0.99, which means that 99% of the variation of dependent variable (total score of QOL) is attributed to independent variable (22 statements). In other words, 99% of the variation of dependent variable is due to the independent variables in the model. The main indices of the model based on CFA all were higher than 0.9, which indicates goodness of fit of the model (χ2/DF = 2.18, CFI, NFI, TLI = 0.93 GF = 0.84, REMSEA = 0.066, R2 = 0.99). The correlative coefficient was significant (p < 0.05). The reliability of the tool based on internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) for the subscales ranged from 0.84 to 0.85 and equal to 0.84 for the whole tool. Conclusion: The Farsi version of non-injection drug users' QOL scale had acceptable indices and it was applicable to assess QOL in the target population. The tool can be used in different fields of drug addiction.

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Valoración del índice de salud SF-36 aplicado a usuarios de programas de metadona: valores de referencia para la Comunidad Autónoma Vasca

Cited by 19 publications

References 19 publications

The application of the drug user quality of life scale (DUQOL) in Australia

The application of the drug user quality of life scale (DUQOL) in Australia

Quality of life of heroin dependent patients from a drug dependence attention center of Medellin (Colombia)

Validation and psychometric properties of the drug users’ quality of life scale in Iranian population

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