Concurrent drug use among methadone maintenance patients in mountainous areas in northern Vietnam.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

With the rise in methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) for drug users in Vietnam, there has been growing interest in understanding if and how often MMT patients engage in concurrent illicit drug use while on methadone therapy in various settings. This study examined factors associated with concurrent opioid use among patients on MMT in a mountainous area in Vietnam.

Setting

One urban and one rural MMT clinics in Tuyen Quang province.

Participants

Survey participants consisted of patients who were taking MMT at the selected study sites. A convenience sampling approach was used to recruit the participants.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Participants were asked a series of questions about their socioeconomic status, current alcohol and tobacco use

SUBMITTER: Tran BX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875670 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature