Posttreatment Outcomes of Sex and Ethnic Groups Treated in Methadone Maintenance during 1969–1972

Savage, L. James; Simpson, D. Dwayne

doi:10.1080/02791072.1980.10471552

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“…Both Marsh and Simpson 33 and Savage and Simpson 37 found a greater proportion of men than women reporting lifetime arrest or incarceration (> 3 days) at follow-up (30% v. 12%, p < 0.05 and 27% v. 15%, p < 0.05, respectively). The proportion of men reporting employment (> 6 months) during the first year after treatment or after 1 year of followup was also significantly greater than that of women 33,37 (51% v. 31%, p < 0.05 and 68% v. 41%, p < 0.05). Risk of death at 1 year did not differ significantly between men and…”

Section: Long-term Prognosismentioning

confidence: 82%

“…We included 20 studies with 9732 participants in the review (Figure 1). [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43] The strength of agreement between the 2 independent raters was high for title screens (k value = 0.823, 95% CI 0.736 to 0.910), abstract screens (k value = 0.898, 95% CI 0.760 to 1.000) and full-text screens (k value = 0.834, 95% CI 0.615 to 1.000).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Jimenez-Treviño and colleagues 31 found that, 25 years after completion of treatment, the proportion of men using heroin was significantly greater than that of women (32.5% v. 0%, p = 0.04). In the remaining 4 studies, no significant sex differences were found in illicit opioid use during 4 weeks 24 or 1 year 28,33,37 of follow-up.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…As well, the differences in outcome measurements made it impossible to combine the results of all studies, and several studies were not suitable for meta-analyses. 29,31,33,34,36,37,41,42 As a result, individual meta-analyses in this review contained, at most, 5 studies, thus providing limited generalizability. Sex differences in this review may actually be a representation of the general population and not be specific to patients receiving methadone treatment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sex differences in outcomes of methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder: a systematic reviewand meta-analysis

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confidence: 82%

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confidence: 98%

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Sex differences in outcomes of methadone maintenance treatment for opioid use disorder: a systematic reviewand meta-analysis

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“…Studies show that many never request any help, 18 their retention in treatment programs is low, 16,19 and the relapse rate after discharge is high. 20,21 Similar difficulties have been encountered at Al Amal Hospital Jeddah, which is the only specialized center treating drug addicts in the Western region of Saudi Arabia. The facility provides comprehensive assessment, medical detoxification and drug rehabilitation.…”

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Problems with Inpatient Drug users in Jeddah

Iqbal

2001

Annals of Saudi Medicine

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Background:To identify problems associated with the treatment of inpatient drug users in Jeddah, and suggest ways of improving the delivery of health care service to these drug users. Subjects and Methods: Three hundred and two subjects with substance dependence who were admitted to the Voluntary Detoxification Unit of Al Amal Hospital, Jeddah, between January and April 1997 (inclusive) were studied. A data gathering form was designed to collect relevant information. Outcome was recorded after discharge or transfer from the unit. Results: Over half the subjects were single, unemployed, without high school education and came to the hospital unaccompanied. About 68.21% used heroin and 21.52% used alcohol. About 87.86% were intravenous drug users (IVDUs) and 54.69% started injecting from the outset. Just under half of the subjects were from outside Jeddah. There were regional variations in the choice of abused drugs. Most inpatients were on their first or second admission. The vast majority of subjects were readmitted within a year of discharge, and 44.70% gave no specific reason for their hospitalization. Unaided abstinence was reported by 42.71% and post-treatment abstinence by 57.52%. On admission, 57.14% expressed no desire to complete the program. About 54.63% were discharged after receiving medical detoxification, and 7.61% went on to have drug rehabilitation. Conclusion:The main finding of the study was that very few drug users were committed to completing the treatment program. There is a need to review the related factors that may be responsible for this situation. Changes have to be made to improve compliance and increase retention of the inpatient program. Contractual and probationary treatment of drug users should be initiated. Current restrictions on admissions have to be eased. There should also be a decentralization and development of local services, as well as a reappraisal of addiction services.

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