ArticleSubstance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2020
Treatment adherence amongst drug users attending public and private methadone maintenance clinics in a northern province of Vietnam.
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- Non-adherence to treatment and concurrent opioid use among people on methadone maintenance treatment using methamphetamine in Vietnam.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2025Trial
- 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
- A community approach to promote healthcare services for people living with HIV who use drugs in Vietnam.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2022Trial
- Diabetes Knowledge and Medication Adherence Among High-Risk Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Rural Area in Vietnam: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical and translational science · 2026Article
- Does a take-home dose program result in better patient adherence to methadone? Evidence from Vietnam.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of a transtheoretical model based on health education intervention on adherence to methadone maintenance treatment: a quasi-experimental study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- 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
- Perceptions and Attitudes Toward COVID-19-Related National Response Measures of Vietnamese: Implications for Pandemic Prevention and Control.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundMethadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been proven to be effective in improving health status and the quality of life of illicit drug users. Due to the quick expand of methadone program, socialization through co-payment service is a critical to the success of it. In Nam Dinh, Vietnam, MMT has been used in public clinics and one private clinic. Such effectiveness of this treatment has been found to depend largely on adherence to treatment. This study aims to explore the compliance rate and its influencing factors among drug users between public and private clinics in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 395 participants from January to September in 2018 in three MMT clinics in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. We applied the convenience sampling technique to recruit respondents. Data on socioeconomics characteristics, MMT adherence (measured by Visual Analogue Scale - VAS) and level of social/family support were collected.
results43.3% of participants reported complete adherence to the MMT program during the time of research. Significant factors affect MMT adherence among illicit drug users including family income, history of drug rejections, concurrence in drug usage, far distance from MMT clinics, and having only peer. Patients in MMT private clinic had higher complete adherence than that of public MMT (OR = 1.82, 95% CI = 1.13; 2.94). Having contacts with peer drug users associated with a higher rate of incomplete adherence (OR = 2.83, 95% CI = 1.39; 5.73).
conclusionsThe findings support the establishment of private MMT clinics alongside public ones, while further researches to determine the optimal dose and ways to reduce the impact of peer drug user's influence are encouraged to be conducted.
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