ArticleJournal of comorbidity2014
Multimorbidity in patients enrolled in a community-based methadone maintenance treatment programme delivered through primary care.
Article in Journal of comorbidity, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Confidence in providing methadone maintenance treatment of primary care providers in Vietnam.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Cause-Specific Mortality among Patients in Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Multiple Settings: A Prospective Comparative Cohort Study.European addiction research · 2023Article
- Healthcare utilization for somatic conditions among Swedish patients in opioid substitution treatment, with and without on-site primary healthcare.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Healthcare seeking among Swedish patients in opioid substitution treatment - a mixed methods study on barriers and facilitators.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Mental Disorders Are Associated With Leukocytes Telomere Shortening Among People Who Inject Drugs.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The OATH Syndemic: opioids and other substances, aging, alcohol, tobacco, and HIV.Current opinion in HIV and AIDS · 2020Review
- Mortality and causes of death among patients with opioid use disorder receiving opioid agonist treatment: a national register study.BMC health services research · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMultimorbidity, the co-existence of two or more (2+) long-term conditions in an individual, is common among problem drug abusers.
objectiveTo delineate the patterns, multimorbidity prevalence, and disease severity in patients enrolled in a community-based primary care methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programme.
designThis was a retrospective cohort study (
resultsPrevalence of multimorbidity across 2+ domains was significantly higher within the MMT sample at 88.7% (243/274) than the comparator sample at 51.8% (142/274),
conclusionsPrevalence of multimorbidity and disease severity in MMT patients was greater than in the age- and sex-matched comparators. Patients with a history of drug abuse require co-ordinated care for treatment of their addiction, and to manage and prevent chronic illnesses. Community-based programmes delivered through primary care help fulfil this need.
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