Comparing subjective well‐being and health‐related quality of life of <scp>A</scp>ustralian drug users in treatment in <scp>R</scp>egional and <scp>R</scp>ural <scp>V</scp>ictoria

Hyder, Shannon; Zinkiewicz, Lucy; Droste, Nicolas; Harris, Jane B.

doi:10.1111/dar.12124

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“…The study replicated data from Sweden to the extent that there was impaired wellbeing for those either living with or closely connected to a substance user . Similarly, reduced SWB was found among those who were themselves substance users, consistent with existing Australian data on the low SWB among those who use drugs . The important role of mental health ( K −10) was also consistent with previous findings where the mental but not physical components of the SF‐8 predicted PWI scores .…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Similarly, reduced SWB was found among those who were themselves substance users, consistent with existing Australian data on the low SWB among those who use drugs [1,3,17]. The important role of mental health (K−10) was also consistent with previous findings where the mental but not physical components of the SF-8 predicted PWI scores [3]. However, the findings of an Australian community survey, where those exposed to but not those living with heavy drinkers had lower SWB, were not replicated [6].…”

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confidence: 85%

“…In an Australian sample of 881 people who injected drugs, the mean Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) score was 55.4, compared with that year's general population norm of 75.3 [1]. Similarly, among 201 substance users in treatment that included those who did and did not inject drugs, the mean PWI was 49.1 [3].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Comparison of subjective wellbeing in substance users and the parents or partners of substance users

Tait

2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Comparison of subjective wellbeing in substance users and the parents or partners of substance users

Tait

2017

Drug and Alcohol Review

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“…MQOL People with life-threatening or terminal illness Questionnaire 16 items, 5 subscales 15-35 English + 15 2 1 1 0 0 0 10. QLQ People in psychotherapy Questionnaire 10 items NR English 0 2 1 0 0 0 NR not reported in the instrument development and validation papers or manuals a Skevington and McCrate [ 69 ] reported completion time subsample means for the WHOQOL-BREF, ranging from 4.5 min (students) to 20 min (rehabilitation) b Five studies assessed the psychometric properties of WHOQOL-BREF in opioid-dependent populations [ 70 – 74 ] c Castillo [ 75 ] reported psychometric properties for IDUQOL d Miller and colleagues [ 76 ] reported psychometric properties for PWI e Karow and colleagues [ 26 ] reported psychometric properties for MSQOL f Wasserman and colleagues [ 77 ] reported psychometric properties for QOLI-BV g Reported item number differs from the number of items assessed in the content analysis. LQoLP-modified includes items for the administrator and items on domain importance, leaving 118 QOL items for content analysis.…”

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Measuring quality of life in opioid-dependent people: a systematic review of assessment instruments

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PurposeOpioid dependence is a chronic relapsing disorder. Despite increasing research on quality of life (QOL) in people with opioid dependence, little attention has been paid to the instruments used. This systematic review examines the suitability of QOL instruments for use in opioid-dependent populations and the instruments’ quality.MethodsA systematic search was performed in the databases Medline, PsycInfo, The Cochrane Library, and CINAHL. Articles were eligible if they assessed QOL of opioid-dependent populations using a validated QOL instrument. Item content relevance to opioid-dependent people was evaluated by means of content analysis, and instrument properties were assessed using minimum standards for patient-reported outcome measures.ResultsEighty-nine articles were retrieved, yielding sixteen QOL instruments, of which ten were assessed in this review. Of the ten instruments, six were disease specific, but none for opioid dependence. Two instruments had good item content relevance. The conceptual and measurement model were described in seven instruments. Four instruments were developed with input from the respective target population. Eight instruments had low respondent and administrator burden. Psychometric properties were either not assessed in opioid-dependent populations or were inconclusive or moderate.ConclusionsNo instrument scored perfectly on both the content and properties. The limited suitability of instruments for opioid-dependent people hinders accurate and sensitive measurement of QOL in this population. Future research is in need of an opioid dependence-specific QOL instrument to measure the true impact of the disease on people’s lives and to evaluate treatment-related services.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11136-017-1674-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…. (Cathy) QOL is increasingly used as a measure of progress in biomedical and psychological research on addiction and recovery, despite the lack of consensus on its definition or how to measure it (De Mayuer, Vanderplasschen, & Broekaert, 2010;Laudet, 2011;Laudet, Morgen, & White, 2006;Miller, Hyder, Zinkiewicz, Droste, & Harris, 2014). Our data highlight that QOL is increasingly reproduced in clinical discourse as well.…”

Section: The Qualitative Discussionmentioning

confidence: 84%

Producing “Progress” Through the Implementation of Outcome Monitoring in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment

Savic

Fomiatti

2016

Contemporary Drug Problems

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Outcome monitoring-a process in which clinicians use standardized tools to routinely measure client ''progress'' on predefined outcomes of interest over time-is increasingly being implemented in alcohol and other drug (AOD) treatment services as a way of demonstrating quality of care. However, relatively little is known about the implications and unintended consequences of implementing outcome monitoring in clinical and social practices. In this paper we draw on qualitative data emerging from focus groups with clinicians who piloted an outcome monitoring tool in Melbourne, Australia, using conceptual tools drawn from science and technology studies. Rather than acting as a stable empirical object, we argue that realities of progress are enacted multiply in relation to preexisting treatment discourses and policy, organizational practices of data collection and management, reporting tools, and clinician attitudes and practices. In particular, we trace how the tool orders the ''problem'' of drugs differently to the qualitative mode of ordering; how different modes of ordering progress hang together and the tensions and coordination strategies that are involved. And finally, we highlight an unintended consequence of the outcome monitoring process-the enactment of vulnerability and its distribution across the clinical relationship. We suggest that researchers, policy makers, and clinicians need to think reflectively and critically about the ways in which we and our tools and interventions are influential in producing AOD problems, what constitutes progress, and ultimately what the focus of treatment should be.

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Comparing subjective well‐being and health‐related quality of life of Australian drug users in treatment in Regional and Rural Victoria

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Comparison of subjective wellbeing in substance users and the parents or partners of substance users

Comparison of subjective wellbeing in substance users and the parents or partners of substance users

Measuring quality of life in opioid-dependent people: a systematic review of assessment instruments

Producing “Progress” Through the Implementation of Outcome Monitoring in Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment

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