Open Access靜脈注射海洛因的監所收容人對於接受美沙冬維持療法的排斥態度和相關因子
Author(s) -
Yen ChengFang,
Tsai JihJin,
Wang PengWei,
Yeh YiChun,
Liu ShuChun,
Wang ShuHui,
Wang ChaoChing
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the kaohsiung journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.439
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2410-8650
pISSN - 1607-551X
DOI - 10.1016/j.kjms.2010.12.002
Subject(s) - medicine , serostatus , heroin , prison , methadone , methadone maintenance , depression (economics) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine , drug , psychology , viral load , criminology , economics , macroeconomics
The aims of this study were to examine unfavorable attitudes toward receiving methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) and associated factors among inmates using intravenous heroin in Taiwan. A total of 315 inmates using intravenous heroin were recruited. Their unfavorable attitudes toward receiving MMT after discharge from prison were evaluated using the Client Attitudes Toward Methadone Programs Scale. The associations of unfavorable attitudes toward receiving MMT with sociodemographic and drug‐using characteristics, human immunodeficiency virus serostatus, perceived family support, and depression were examined using multiple regression analysis. The results of this study showed that the mean score of unfavorable attitudes toward receiving MMT, determined on the Client Attitudes Toward Methadone Programs Scale, was 9.918 (standard deviation = 2.277, range = 5–20). Heroin‐using inmates who were young, started using heroin earlier, perceived many advantages and few disadvantages of heroin use, had never received MMT, and had severe depression, had unfavorable attitudes toward receiving MMT. Based on the results of this study, we suggest that inmates who have the factors associated with unfavorable attitudes toward receiving MMT should receive intervention and motivational interviewing to improve their attitudes toward MMT and to increase their opportunity to receive MMT after discharge from prison.