[Quality of life of heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance therapy].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the quality of life of heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance therapy and its influencing factors.


METHODS
A total of 216 heroin dependent patients who were receiving methadone maintenance therapy in Zigong of Sichuan Province were surveyed with the WHOQOL-BREF.


RESULTS
The patients had a score of 12.06 +/- 3.73 for total quality of life and wellbeing and a score of, 13.14 +/- 2.79, 12.17 +/- 3.38, 12.20 +/- 3.17, 11.94 +/- 3.31, for physical, psychological, social relationships, and environmental function respectively. Age, length of drug addiction, job status, family relationship, arrested in last three months, frequency of sex activity, taking tranquilizer, confidence of treatment, duration of treatment, ways of using drugs had an impact on quality of life (P<0.05). Age, length of drug addiction, job status, family relationships, frequency of sex activity, arrested last three months, taking tranquilizer, and confidence of treatment entered into the multiple regression model.


CONCLUSIONS
It is vital to take measures to improve quality of life of the drug addicted patients according to their different individual and family status.
Deng
Chang-fei
CF
Department of Health Education, West China School of Public Health, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Ma
Xiao
X
Zhou
Huan
H
Liu
Qiao-lan
QL
Yang
Yang
Y
Song
Zhan
Z
Wu
Fang
F
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
D008691:Methadone