Drug dependent patients in the methadone maintenance program: evaluation in primary care of psychosocial and organic severity
Ruz Franzi, I.; González-Saiz, F.; Ruiz Avila, F.
Atencion Primaria 21(6): 384-388
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-6567 PMID: 9633138 Document Number: 497673
To describe the profile of bio-psycho-social gravity in opiate-dependent patients in the Methadone Maintenance Programme. A descriptive crossover study. Primary Care Centre. 31 heroin-dependent patients on Methadone treatment at a drug-dependency care centre who attended the Health Centre for drug dispensing, between February and December 1996. All patients were given the semi-structured clinical interview Opiate Treatment Index (OTI) and filled in the self-administered APGAR family questionnaire. 48.3% had little deterioration in their "General Health Status" section and 54.8% had low scores in "Conduct causing risk of HIV contagion". The observed data are consistent with the results to be expected in this kind of programme. The multidimensional evaluation instruments are a tool that can be used to tackle drug-dependent patients in Primary Care.