title: Need for care and life satisfaction in adult substance use disorder patients with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify care needs of adult substance use disorder (SUD) patients with and without co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory study using the European Addiction Severity Index, the Camberwell Assessment of Needs, and the Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life to assess and compare care needs and perceived quality of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All patients are dissatisfied with parts of their existence. SUD patients have fewer care needs than SUD patients with co-occurring ADHD or ASD. The SUD and SUD + ADHD groups report needs in similar domains. The SUD + ASD group shows a greater number of and more extensive care needs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Differences in the care needs of adult SUD patients with and without ADHD or ASD should be taken into account when developing evidence-based nursing care interventions.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Nurse Practitioner Dual Diagnosis Department, Dimence, Deventer, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
authors.forename: Peter J J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Goossens
authors.forename: Derk M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: van Etten
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Achterberg
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van den Brink
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; autism spectrum disorder; care need; quality of life; substance use disorder