Quality of life of people who inject drugs: Characteristics and comparisons with other population samples

FischerJ.A.; ConradS.; ClavarinoA.M.KempR.NajmanJ.M.

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Quality of life of people who inject drugs: Characteristics and comparisons with other population samples

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Purpose: To assess the quality of life (QOL) of persons who inject drugs. Methods: Some 483 current injecting drug users visiting a large NSP over a 2-week period in October 2009 were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. QOL was measured using the WHOQOL-BREF. Data were collected on age, gender, injecting patterns, current drug treatment status and hepatitis C status. Participant QOL profiles were compared to published domain scores for a range of other population groups. Results: People who inject drugs (PWID) experience a very poor QOL irrespective of socio-demographic characteristics, injecting patterns, hepatitis C sero-status and drug treatment status. Sample participants (PWID) experience a QOL below that experienced by many population groups in the community affected by disabling chronic illnesses. Conclusions: Injecting drug use is associated with a poor QOL. Some PWID may be self-medicating for chronic non-malignant pain, and it is likely that these people had a low QOL prior to the decision to inject. Despite this caveat, it remains likely that injecting drug use does little to enhance the QOL of the user.

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《Quality of life research: An international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation》 |2013年第8期|2113-2121|共9页
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FischerJ.A.; ConradS.; ClavarinoA.M.KempR.NajmanJ.M.;
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Pharmacy Australia Centre for Excellence (PACE), School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland;

School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston 4006, Australia, Biala Harm;

Needle and Syringe Program, Management Unit, Queensland Health, Herston 4006, AustraliaSchool of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston 4006, Australia, School of Social;

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Needle and syringe programme; People who inject drugs; Quality of life;

Quality of life of people who inject drugs: Characteristics and comparisons with other population samples

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