Misconceptions predict dropout and poor adherence prospectively among newly admitted first-time methadone maintenance treatment clients in Guangzhou, China

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1641-1649

  Gu, Jing ^a   Xu, Huifang ^b   Lau, Joseph T F ^a,c   Hao, Yuantao ^a   Zhong, Ying ^d   Fan, Lirui ^b   Zhao, Yuteng ^b   Hao, Chun ^a   Ling, Wenhua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Center for Disease Prevention and Control   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adherence; China; Cohort study; Dropout; Drug use; HIV; Methadone maintenance treatment; Misconception

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

EID: 84864760294     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03859.x     Document Type: Article

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