Illicit substance use among methadone maintenance therapy patients in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia: a cross-sectional study.
| Autor: | Ng, Siew Yen, Chong, Jian Hui, Mohd Mazlan, Mohamad Ikhwan, Lau, Boon-Tiang |
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METHADONE treatment programs
DRUG addiction STATISTICS SUBSTANCE abuse ALCOHOLISM HOSPITAL patients TREATMENT programs CONFIDENCE intervals SUBSTANCE abuse treatment CROSS-sectional method MULTIPLE regression analysis MULTIVARIATE analysis SELF-evaluation FISHER exact test AMPHETAMINES METHAMPHETAMINE INFORMED consent (Medical law) T-test (Statistics) COMPARATIVE studies CHI-squared test DESCRIPTIVE statistics QUESTIONNAIRES DRUGS of abuse STATISTICAL sampling SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors DRINKING behavior ODDS ratio DATA analysis software URINALYSIS |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Substance Use; Apr2023, Vol. 28 Issue 2, p192-199, 8p, 1 Diagram, 2 Charts |
| Abstrakt: | Illicit substance use while in treatment is common among methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) patients. This study was conducted to examine the prevalence and types of illicit substance use among MMT patients and factors associated with illicit substance use. A cross-sectional study using simple random sampling method was conducted in MMT clinic in a tertiary hospital, Malaysia from October until November 2019. Descriptive analyses, chi-square test, t-test, Cohen's kappa test, univariate and multiple logistic regression were performed. Out of 93 respondents, the majority were male (94.6%), Malay (77.4%), married (61.3%), had education until secondary level (80.6%) and active smoker (90.4%). The prevalence of illicit substance ever use within the past 12 months was 26.9%. Amphetamine/methamphetamine was recorded as the most prevalent illicit substances (62.5%) used. Most of the participants who used illicit substances while in treatment were social users. Drinking status of respondents was associated with illicit substance use (adjusted OR = 21.2, 95% CI: 2.40–186.69) in multivariable analysis. Amphetamine/methamphetamine was the most common illicit substance used among MMT patients and illicit substances were mainly used for recreational purposes. Patients with active drinking status were associated with illicit substance use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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