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Social and structural barriers for adherence to methadone maintenance treatment among Vietnamese opioid dependence patients.
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- Correlates of days of medication for opioid use disorder exposure among people living with HIV in Northern Vietnam.The International journal on drug policy · 2022Trial
- Does a take-home dose program result in better patient adherence to methadone? Evidence from Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Validation of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST) for identifying methamphetamine use among people on methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Treatment non-adherence among methadone maintenance patients and associated factors: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Persistence in the Methadone Maintenance Program and Its Relationship with the Medication Regimen Complexity Index in Opioid-Dependent Patients.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A review of factors associated with methadone maintenance treatment adherence and retention in Vietnam.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2023Review
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Discontinuation Among Young People who use Opioids in Vancouver, Canada.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023Article
- Characterizing the social support and functioning of a low-threshold medication for opioid use disorder treatment cohort at intake.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Examining common mental health disorders in people living with HIV on methadone maintenance therapy in Hanoi, Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
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- Adherence among HIV-positive injection drug users undergoing methadone treatment in Taiwan.BMC psychiatry · 2020Article
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- Treatment adherence amongst drug users attending public and private methadone maintenance clinics in a northern province of Vietnam.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Article
- Changes in quality of life and its associated factors among illicit drug users in Vietnamese mountainous provinces: a 12-month follow-up study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2020Article
- Polysubstance Use among Patients Enrolling in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program in a Vietnam Province with Drug-Driven HIV Epidemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Factors Associated with Compliance among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Transfers: Evidence from Audit Records at Clinics in Guangdong, China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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- Discovering major opioid-related research themes over time: A text mining technique.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2019Article
- National Institute on Drug Abuse International Program: improving opioid use disorder treatment through international research training.Current opinion in psychiatry · 2018Review
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Abstract
introductionMethadone maintenance treatment (MMT) services may reduce the risk of HIV transmission if patients completely adhere to the treatment. Identifying adherence patterns and potential related factors is vital for the sustainability of MMT program in Vietnam. This study examined social and structural factors associated with adherence to MMT among patients in different service delivery models. MATERIALS AND
methodsA total of 510 patients at three MMT clinics in Hanoi were interviewed. Measures of self-reported adherence included the number of missed doses in the past 7 days and the level of adherence in the past 30 days using a visual analog scale (VAS) scoring from 0 (non-adherence) to 100 (perfect adherence). Multivariate regressions were employed to identify factors associated with non-adherence to MMT.
resultsA total of 17.7% of participants reported incomplete MMT adherence in the last 30 days and 8.3% reported missing a dose in the last seven days, respectively. Living with HIV/AIDS, poor self-care and usual activities, and disclosure of health issues to spouses or intimate partners were associated with non-adherence. Those patients with pain or depression were more likely to report better adherence. Disclosing health status to spouse/partner increased the risk of incomplete adherence, while disclosing to friends reduced the number of missed dose in the last seven days. Patients attending clinics with comprehensive services had a lower VAS score of adherence compared to those enrolling in clinics with only MMT and general health care.
conclusionsSustaining the compliance of patients to MMT is principal in the rapid expansion of this service in Vietnam. It is necessary to address the complexity of health care demands of drug users, their difficulties to be rehabilitated into workforce and society, and the stigmatization to maximize the outcomes of MMT program.
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