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Quality of life among treatment seeking methamphetamine-dependent individuals.

Author(s): Gonzales R, Ang A, Glik DC, Rawson RA, Lee S, Iguchi MY

Affiliation(s): Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. rachelmg@ucla.edu

Publication date & source: 2011-07, Am J Addict., 20(4):366-72. Epub 2011 May 31.

Publication type: Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

As the number of men and women entering treatment for substance use disorders continues to increase across the country, it becomes vitally important to understand their quality of life (QOL) or perceived health status, in order to inform treatment efforts for improving such outcomes. To date, QOL assessments among methamphetamine (MA) dependent users are limited. This paper examines QOL health status among a sample of 838 treatment seeking MA users at admission. Using regression analysis, predictors of QOL are examined among MA users. Predictors of poor QOL among MA users at treatment admission included being female, white, high school educated or more, married, experiencing psychosocial dysfunction (lifetime trauma, suicide, social conflict), reporting a high frequency of both MA and polydrugs for 15 days or more in the past month, chronicity of MA and polydrug use, injection use, and having co-morbid medical and psychiatric impairment. Employment status was the only factor related to better health status perceptions. This study expands the scope of scholarly examination of MA-dependent users entering treatment, as there has not been a development of coherent profiles of QOL among representative samples of clinical MA-abusing populations to date. (c) American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.

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