碩士 / 中臺科技大學 / 健康產業管理研究所 / 99 / With Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT), this study aims to discuss the difference in the quality of life (QOL) for heroin addicts so as to draw up a health management project for heroin addicts. With the single time-series design in Quasi-experimental design, the differences in QOL before applying MMT and three and six months after using are compared. With 320 patients who accepted MMT in central Taiwan as the subjects, three interviews were preceded within April – November, 2010. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) QOL questionnaire– Brief reference for Taiwan (WHOQOL-BREF (TW)), the quality of life was measured. The findings show male (91.56％), female (8.44％), and average age 39.68 years old; the educational background below junior high school 60.00％; unemployed 47.19％; single 45.94％, having fixed abode 94.38％; average age for first use of drugs 24.13 years old; average age for first use of heroin 26.03 years old; having heroin with intravenous injection 80.00％; average use of heroin 3.20 times each day; average expense on heroin 3,910 NT dollars each day; average use of half mace of heroin 5.4 days; sharing needles with others 11.25%, sharing preparation solution injection with others 18.44%; infected with human immune deficiency virus (HIV) 22.81%; suffering from Hepatitis C 85.31％; and having prior convictions on drugs 74.69％. It is concluded that most patients accepting MMT are middle-aged, unemployed male with the educational background of junior high school, having heroin with intravenous injection, and 85% suffering from Hepatitis C. Six months after the heroin addicts accepting MMT, overall and physiological health, psychology, social relations, and environment in QOL presented better than they did before and three months after the therapy. Apparently, continuously accepting MMT could effectively improve the quality of life. The heroin addicts are suggested to patiently and permanently accept MMT to put an end to the use of heroin as well as to promote the quality of life.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/099CTC05743011 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Mei-Hui Wu, 吳美惠 |
| Contributors | Chi-Sen Yeh, 葉季森 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 107 |
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