Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016
Concurrent Heroin Use and Correlates among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clients: A 12-Month Follow-up Study in Guangdong Province, China.
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- Immunogenicity persistence after four intramuscular triple-dose or standard-dose hepatitis B vaccine in patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment: A 1-year follow-up study in China.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2025Trial
- Family Related Factors and Concurrent Heroin Use in Methadone Maintenance Treatment in China.Substance use & misuse · 2018Trial
- Substance use patterns and negative urine opioid screen among patients on methadone treatment at a referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.PLOS mental health · 2024Article
- Predictors of Retention and Drug Use Among Patients With Opioid Use Disorder Transferred to a Specialty "Second Chance" Methadone Program.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2022Article
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- Opioid and Polydrug Use Among Patients in Opioid Maintenance Treatment.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Dose Tapering Strategy for Heroin Abstinence among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Participants: Evidence from A Retrospective Study in Guangdong, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- The Decade-Long Chinese Methadone Maintenance Therapy Yields Large Population and Economic Benefits for Drug Users in Reducing Harm, HIV and HCV Disease Burden.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Factors associated with concurrent heroin use among patients on methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam: A 24-month retrospective analysis of a nationally representative sample.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Concurrent drug injection during opioid agonist treatment among people who inject drugs in Ukraine.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Article
- Concurrent drug use among methadone maintenance patients in mountainous areas in northern Vietnam.BMJ open · 2018Article
- Influence of social network on drug use among clients of methadone maintenance treatment centers in Kunming, China.PloS one · 2018Article
- Social-demographic shift in drug users at the first-ever- methadone maintenance treatment in Wuhan, China.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess concurrent heroin use and correlates among Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) clients in Guangdong Province, China.
methodDemographic and drug use data were collected with a structured questionnaire, and MMT information was obtained from the MMT clinic registration system in Guangdong. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected status and urine morphine results were obtained from laboratory tests. Logistic regressions were employed to investigate the factors associated with concurrent heroin use.
resultsAmong the 6848 participants, 75% continued using heroin more than once during the first 12 months after treatment initiation. Concurrent heroin use was associated with inharmonious family relationship (OR (odds ratio) = 1.49, 95% CI (confidence intervals): 1.24-1.78), HIV positivity (OR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.01-1.55), having multiple sex partners (OR = 1.34, 95% CI: 1.07-1.69), having ever taken intravenous drugs (OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.69-0.95), higher maintenance dose (OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.01-1.28) and poorer MMT attendance (OR < 20% = 1.32, 95% CI: 1.13-1.53; OR 20%- = 1.33, 95% CI: 1.14-1.54; OR 50%- = 1.69, 95% CI: 1.44-2.00). Among those who used heroin concurrently, the same factors, and additionally being older (OR 35- = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.11-1.43; OR ≥ 45 = 1.63, 95% CI: 1.30-2.05) and female (OR = 1.60, 95% CI: 1.28-2.00), contribute to a greater frequency of heroin use.
conclusionsConcurrent heroin use was prevalent among MMT participants in Guangdong, underscoring the urgent needs for tailored interventions and health education programs for this population.
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