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ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice2014

Quality of life and health of opioid-dependent subjects in India.

Om Prakash Giri, Mona Srivastava, Ravi Shankar

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Article in Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 authors.

Om Prakash GiriDepartment of Community Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.
Mona SrivastavaDepartment of Psychiatry, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.
Ravi ShankarDepartment of Community Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectivesThe quality of life (QoL) of substance abusers is known to be severely impaired. This study was carried out to assess the impact of opioid dependence on the QoL of subjects and compared it with the normal subjects. MATERIALS AND

methodsBased on specified inclusion criteria a total of 47 subjects were recruited from a tertiary care center from India. The WHOQoL-BREF scale domain scores obtained at baseline were compared to that of normal subjects. An assessment of dysfunction and reasons for continuing and other parameters were assessed.

resultsWHOQoL-BREF domains (Physical, Psychological, Social relationships and Environment) showed significantly lower scores and the difference was statistically significant. INTERPRETATION AND

conclusionsThe results showed that QoL is an important parameter in assessment of substance abusers and can be used for long-term prognosis of these individuals.

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Indiaopioid usersquality of life-controls

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PMID25288838
PMCPMC4173233

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