OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of bio-psycho-social gravity in opiate-dependent patients in the Methadone Maintenance Programme. DESIGN: A descriptive crossover study. SETTING: Primary Care Centre. PATIENTS: 31 heroin-dependent patients on Methadone treatment at a drug-dependency care centre who attended the Health Centre for drug dispensing, between February and December 1996. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: All patients were given the semi-structured clinical interview Opiate Treatment Index (OTI) and filled in the self-administered APGAR family questionnaire. 48.3% had little deterioration in their "General Health Status" section and 54.8% had low scores in "Conduct causing risk of HIV contagion". CONCLUSIONS: The observed data are consistent with the results to be expected in this kind of programme. The multidimensional evaluation instruments are a tool that can be used to tackle drug-dependent patients in Primary Care.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the profile of bio-psycho-social gravity in opiate-dependent patients in the Methadone Maintenance Programme. DESIGN: A descriptive crossover study. SETTING: Primary Care Centre. PATIENTS: 31 heroin-dependent patients on Methadone treatment at a drug-dependency care centre who attended the Health Centre for drug dispensing, between February and December 1996. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: All patients were given the semi-structured clinical interview Opiate Treatment Index (OTI) and filled in the self-administered APGAR family questionnaire. 48.3% had little deterioration in their "General Health Status" section and 54.8% had low scores in "Conduct causing risk of HIV contagion". CONCLUSIONS: The observed data are consistent with the results to be expected in this kind of programme. The multidimensional evaluation instruments are a tool that can be used to tackle drug-dependent patients in Primary Care.
Authors: Jeganathan Premila Devi; Ab Rahman Azriani; Wan Mohd Zahiruddin; Mohd Noor Mohd Ariff; Abdullah Noor Hashimah Journal: Malays J Med Sci Date: 2012-10