Rizal, Mohemmad Redzuan Mohemmad
(2021)
Effect Of Methadone On Chronic
Illnesses And Behaviors Among People
With Opioid Use Disorder (Oud)
Receiving Methadone Maintenance
Treatment (Mmt) At Pontian Primary
Healthcare Clinics.
Masters thesis, Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut.
Abstract
The prolonged methadone treatment may affect the patient’s health status,
such as developing chronic illness, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular events,
co-morbidities, and affecting liver functions lead to decrease patient quality of
life. Besides, the effectiveness of MMT is also based on the behavior of OUD to
quit taking the illicit drug. This study aims to determine the effect of methadone
towards chronic illness and behavior among OUD in primary healthcare precisely
to assess the prevalence of chronic disease and co-morbidities, survival and
mortality rate, and also the behavior among OUD on the acquisition of illicit
drug. It is two-part of study that was conducted from September 2018 to
September 2019; part one is a retrospective study to determine the prevalence,
and mortality rate on OUD by retrieving data from the medical record and file
patient record from 2007 until 2019. While part two is a prospective study to
evaluate OUD behavior on the acquisition of illicit drugs during MMT by using a
validated questionnaire. For part two, 164 people with OUD were recruited for
interviewed through random sampling. Both data collected from parts one and
two were entered into SPPS. In part one, a total of 380 OUDs enrolled MMT at
Pontian district, minority were HIV positive (n=65, 17.1%) and unknown (n=6,
1.6%).
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