QUALITY OF LIFE OF DRUG USERS AFTER TREATMENT IN BORABUE HOSPITAL MAHASARAKHAM PROVINCE
Keywords:
quality of life, metamphetamine, matrix programAbstract
The substance dependence was an important problem worldwide. According to the data of Thailand in 2018, metamphetamine was the major public health and social problems. The objectives of this prospective study aimed to evaluate the quality of life after treatment and factors associated quality of life in drug users and sampling from the drug users registered for treatment in Borabue Hospital who participate in treatment program between 1 September 2020 and 23 November 2020 and total of 30 drug users were analyzed. The data were collected by self-administer questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS program version 26 copyright of Khon Kean University.
The study results demonstrated that, the majority were male 73.3% with an average age of 29 years, secondary education 43.3%, unemployed 36.7%. The major of marital status were single 56.7%, voluntary therapy 70% and co-prescription with metamphetamine such as cannabinoids, Ice drug, tobacco and alcohol approximately 43.3%.
The quality of life demonstrated that 96.67% were good or similar quality of life to the general population. According to the quality of life on the second evaluation after complete treatment for 1 month compared with the first evaluation after complete treatment for 1 week found that, the quality of life had statistically significant improved.
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