Quality of life among Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) patients with higher education

Background: One of the objective in Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) which is a rehabilitation program for injecting drug users is quality of life. The purpose of this study was to determine quality of life among MMT patients Methods: The cross sectional study was conducted in Kedung Badak Primary Health Care and Bogor Timur in Bogor. Data were collected from interview and filling out WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire from April-June 2018. Analysis was performed using multiple linier regression. Results: Total subjects in this study was 62 subjects. The results showed mean scores for physical domain was 57.6; psychological domain was 57.5; social domain was 63.6; and environmental domain was 63.9. Compared with Indonesian, MMT patient scores were higher in environmental domain and lower in physical and psychological domain while social domain had no different with it. The dominant factor in determining physical and environmental domain was level of education, while the psychological domain was methadone dose, and the existence of someones to talk to was dominant factor for social domain. Conclusion: The higher level of education, will produce better quality of life in all domains. MMT patients with lower level education must be monitored to improve their quality of life. It is suggested to treat patients based on individual approaches and support from family and friends is needed to motivate clients and adherence to the therapy. (Health Science Journal of Indonesia 2018;9(2):93-9)