title: [Quality of life for drug abusers accepting methadone maintenance treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the change and influence factors of quality of life QOL for drug abusers who accepted methadone maintenance treatment (MMT).
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire of QOL-BRIEF was used to measure the level of QQL when patients just entered the study and 6 months after the treatment respectively. The effect of therapy and characteristic of patients on change of QOL was analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores in physiological domain, psychological domain, and the total score obviously increased after the treatment. There was no significant difference in the change of QOL between the patients of different dose groups. The QOLs of males and patients with long-time drug use improved significantly after the treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MMT can raise the QOL of drug abusers. Gender and time of drug use may be the risk factors of QOL improvement.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha 410078, China.
authors.forename: Xing-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong-Zhuan
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Zhen-Qiu
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D008691:Methadone