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Trial reportJournal of substance abuse treatment2017

Factors related to client satisfaction with methadone maintenance treatment in China.

Li Li, W Scott Comulada, Chunqing Lin, Julie Hsieh, Sitong Luo, Zunyou Wu

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial

In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed

1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

Stigma towards people who use drugs: A case vignette study in methadone maintenance treatment clinics in China.The International journal on drug policy · 2019
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Patient Satisfaction With Standard Methadone and Flexible Buprenorphine/Naloxone Models of Care: Results From a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Journal of addiction medicine
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Who leaves satisfied? Exploring individual factors associated with substance use disorder service satisfaction.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2026
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Satisfaction Amongst Drug-dependent Population with Methadone Maintenance Treatment Services, A Comparison between Public and Private Clinics: Implications for Private Sector Engagement in the Delivery of Methadone Maintenance Programs Across Vietnam.AIDS and behavior · 2024
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Patient-provider relationships: Opioid use disorder and HIV treatment in Vietnam.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023
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Calculating level-specific SEM fit indices for multilevel mediation analyses.The Stata journal · 2021
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Feasibility of a Mobile Phone App to Support Recovery From Addiction in China: Secondary Analysis of a Pilot Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Li LiSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: lililili@ucla.edu.

W Scott ComuladaSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Chunqing LinSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Julie HsiehSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Sitong LuoSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Zunyou WuNational Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.

University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Nina Thawata Harawa · 1997 to 2026

$53.5M

MMT CARE For HIV Prevention: A Randomized Controlled TrialR01DA033130 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LI, LI · 2012 to 2016

$3.0M

UCLA/China CDC Training Program in Advanced Research MethodologiesD43TW009586 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI DETELS, ROGER, LI, LI · 2013 to 2017

$1.2M

FIC NIH HHS D43 TW009586NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA033130NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study examined clients' treatment satisfaction with the services provided by methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) in China and explored relevant factors that are directly or indirectly associated with treatment satisfaction.

methodsThe study used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial conducted among 2,448 clients from 68 MMT clinics in five provinces of China. The participants reported their demographic characteristics, treatment-related factors, depressive symptoms, treatment progression, counseling rapport, and treatment satisfaction. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the direct and indirect relationships among various factors and treatment satisfaction.

resultsClients' demographic characteristics, such as older age, had both a direct effect on treatment satisfaction and an indirect effect mediated by counseling rapport. Depressive symptoms and a lack of social support had a direct negative impact on treatment satisfaction and an indirect effect mediated by treatment progression and counseling rapport. Both mediators: treatment progression (estimate=0.227, p<0.01) and counseling rapport (estimate=0.229, p<0.01), showed positive associations with treatment satisfaction.

conclusionThe findings reiterate the complex nature of MMT clients' treatment satisfaction and its interrelationship with multidimensional factors. The study has implications for evaluating the quality of care provided by MMT programs and suggests several strategies that can potentially improve MMT clients' level of treatment satisfaction.

Indexed as

Patient SatisfactionProfessional-Patient RelationsAdultAge FactorsChinaCounselingCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMethadoneMiddle AgedOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersSocial SupportMethadoneChinaClient's treatment satisfactionMethadone maintenance treatment

Identifiers

PMID28238465

DOI10.1016/j.jsat.2017.02.012

PMCPMC5420338

OpenAlexW2589278175

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