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Impact of Methadone on Quality of Life

The study aimed to identify the impact of a methadone maintenance treatment program on clients' quality of life after 6 months in treatment. It found that the program significantly improved quality of life in physical, psychological, environmental, and social domains, though least improvement was seen in the social domain. By 6 months, 75% of clients had remained in treatment, and higher dropout rates were associated with lower methadone doses, polysubstance abuse, and prior treatment history.

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Impact of Methadone on Quality of Life

The study aimed to identify the impact of a methadone maintenance treatment program on clients' quality of life after 6 months in treatment. It found that the program significantly improved quality of life in physical, psychological, environmental, and social domains, though least improvement was seen in the social domain. By 6 months, 75% of clients had remained in treatment, and higher dropout rates were associated with lower methadone doses, polysubstance abuse, and prior treatment history.

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ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND
Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is widely accepted treatment option for the
Opioid dependent individuals. The evaluation of the quality of life and retention in the
treatment represents the assessment of the effectiveness of the treatment program.

OBJECTIVES
The study aimed to identify the impact of MMT program on clients’ quality of life after 6
months in treatment. Another objective was to find the retention rate in the program and
to explore the factors that may be associated with the high drop out from the program.

METHODS
A total of 84 patients were recruited from the 5 different methadone clinics of
Kathmandu valley. A prospective follow-up design was used. The semi-structured pro-
forma was filled. To assess quality of life, the WHOQOL-BREF 26-item version was
used. The tool was used to assess the quality of life at baseline and after 6 months and
retention rate was calculated at the end of 6 months.

RESULTS
Following 6 months of methadone maintenance treatment, significant improvements
(P<0.001) were observed in all domains of quality of life i.e. physical, psychological,
environmental and social. Least improvement was noted in the social domain. By the
end of 6 months, 63 patients still remained in MMT program (75%). The factors
associated with higher drop outs included lower doses of methadone, polysubstance
abuse and prior treatment history.

CONCLUSION
Methadone maintenance treatment substantially improves the quality of the life of the
opioid dependent individuals. The adherence is poorer for the patients who were taking
lower doses of methadone, who had history of polysubstance abuse and who were
treated previously for drug related problems.

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