title: [Drug dependent patients in the methadone maintenance program: evaluation in primary care of psychosocial and organic severity].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Puerto Real, Unidad docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Cádiz.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruz Franzi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González-Saiz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruiz Avila
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone
vernacular_title: Pacientes toxicómanos en Programa de Mantenimiento con Metadona: evaluación del perfil de gravedad psicosocial y orgánico en atención primaria.