[Drug dependent patients in the methadone maintenance program: evaluation in primary care of psychosocial and organic severity].
OBJECTIVE
To describe the profile of bio-psycho-social gravity in opiate-dependent patients in the Methadone Maintenance Programme.


METHODS
A descriptive crossover study.


METHODS
Primary Care Centre.


METHODS
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.


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.
Ruz Franzi
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Centro de Salud de Puerto Real, Unidad docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Cádiz.
González-Saiz
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Ruiz Avila
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D000328:Adult; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013030:Spain; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers
D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone
Pacientes toxicómanos en Programa de Mantenimiento con Metadona: evaluación del perfil de gravedad psicosocial y orgánico en atención primaria.