ArticleSubstance abuse and rehabilitation2020
Opioid and Polydrug Use Among Patients in Opioid Maintenance Treatment.
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- Smartphone App-Based Contingency Management and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Outcomes.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Change in substance use among patients in opioid maintenance treatment: baseline to 1-year follow-up.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Liver stiffness and associated risk factors among people with a history of injecting drugs: a prospective cohort study.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- Effects of a Two-Month Exercise Training Program on Concurrent Non-Opiate Substance Use in Opioid-Dependent Patients during Substitution Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Predictors of concurrent heroin use among patients on opioid maintenance treatment in France: a multilevel study over 11 years.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Influence of polysubstance use on the health-related quality of life among people who inject drugs undergoing opioid agonist treatment following treatment for hepatitis c virus.Journal of substance use · 2024Article
- The interdependence of substance use, satisfaction with life, and psychological distress: a dynamic structural equation model analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Specific polysubstance use patterns predict relapse among patients entering opioid use disorder treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Article
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- The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeOpioid maintenance treatment reduces a person's use of heroin. However, frequent substance use in treatment is a problem.
aimTo examine the association between opioid maintenance treatment and opioid/polydrug use, and whether social factors, adverse experiences, social resources, and quality of life are associated with opioid/polydrug use during the first 12 months in treatment. PATIENTS AND
methodsForty-seven participants from treatment units in Bergen, Norway participated in five waves of data collection. Every third month, a structured face-to-face interview collected self-reported data on sociodemographic characteristics, opioid/polydrug use, participants' social resources or adverse experiences, and quality of life. Data were collected as part of KVARUS, the National Quality Register for Substance Abuse Treatment. A multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the association of opioid/polydrug use and time in current treatment. The analysis included regressions of opioid/polydrug use on time-invariant baseline adverse experiences and social resources, and time-varying reports of quality of life.
resultsThere was a significant negative association between time in treatment and use of opioids,
conclusionOpioid maintenance treatment is associated with lowered opioid use, but to a lesser degree with polydrug use. Our findings add quality of life as an important factor that should be given particular attention because it can offer insight to aspects that can affect the patients' opioid use.
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