Current quality of life and its determinants among opiate-dependent individuals five years after starting methadone treatment

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-150

  De Maeyer, Jessica ^a   Vanderplasschen, Wouter ^a   Lammertyn, Jan ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Chijs ^b   Sabbe, Bernard ^c   Broekaert, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Determinants; Drug abuse; Methadone maintenance treatment; Opiate dependence; Quality of life; Substitution treatment

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951772481     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9732-3     Document Type: Article

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