Improvement of quality of life in methadone treatment patients in northern Taiwan: A follow-up study

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Title:	Improvement of quality of life in methadone treatment patients in northern Taiwan: A follow-up study
Authors:	蔡偉德;Chou, Ying-Chun;Shih, Shu-Fang;Tsai, Wei-Der;Li, Chiang-shan R;Xu, Ke;Lee, Tony Szu-Hsien
Contributors:	管理學院產業經濟研究所
Keywords:	addiction and impulse control;Adult;Complications and side effects;Dosage and administration;Drug use;Female;Follow-Up Studies;Heroin;Heroin Dependence - drug therapy;Heroin Dependence - psychology;Heroin Dependence - rehabilitation;Humans;Illegal drugs;Male;Medicine;Medicine & Public Health;Methadone - therapeutic use;Methadone hydrochloride;Middle Aged;Mortality;Narcotics - therapeutic use;Opiate Substitution Treatment - psychology;Prospective Studies;Psychiatry;Psychotherapy;Quality of life;Quality of Life - psychology;Research Article;Studies;Substance abuse treatment;Substance-related disorders;Surveys;Surveys and Questionnaires;Taiwan
Date:	2013-07-16
Issue Date:	2026-04-23 12:47:33 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	London: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Abstract:	摘要： AbstractBackgroundThis study examined long-term improvement of quality of life amongst heroin users enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).MethodsThe sample contained 553 heroin-dependent individuals from 4 hospitals in northern Taiwan who enrolled in MMT for an average of 184 days. Each patient signed a consent form and was assessed prospectively 3 times semi-annually. Quality of life was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire, 26 items of which were scored by the participants. The WHOQOL-BREF consists of four domains: physical, psychological, social, and environmental. 285 and 155 participants completed 6-month and 12-month follow-ups respectively.ResultsAfter controlling for demographic and clinical characteristics, there were statistically significant improvements in the psychological and environmental domains between baseline and 6 months. Significant improvements were found in psychological and social domains between baseline and 12 months.ConclusionsIt is concluded that methadone maintenance treatment improves heroin users’ long-term quality of life in the psychological and social relationship domains. 其他題名： BMC Psychiatry 出版者： London: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 出版日期： 2013-07-16 出處： BMC Psychiatry, 2013-07, Vol.13 (1), p.190-190, Article 190 資源來源： Springer Nature Link Open Access Journals 版權： Chou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013 This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 版權： COPYRIGHT 2013 BioMed Central Ltd. 版權： 2013 Chou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 版權： Copyright © 2013 Chou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2013 Chou et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 識別號： ISSN: 1471-244X 識別號： EISSN: 1471-244X 識別號： DOI: 10.1186/1471-244x-13-190 識別號： PMID: 23865898
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