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Social-demographic shift in drug users at the first-ever- methadone maintenance treatment in Wuhan, China
Social-demographic shift in drug users at the first-ever- methadone maintenance treatment in Wuhan, China
- Source :
- Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017), Scientific Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nature Publishing Group, 2017.
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Abstract
- The methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been initiated in Wuhan, China since early 2006. To understand the social-demographic, behavioral, and infectious diseases characteristics of drug users enrolled in their first-ever-MMT between 2006 and 2015, a retrospective observational study was implemented to also provide evidence for health policy-decisions to reduce harm and control disease. Pearson chi-square tests and t-tests were used to assess significant differences between two 5-year periods, 2006–2010 and 2011–2015. We observed increases in the mean age (38.65 vs. 42.43 years, P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Drug
China
Methadone maintenance
Demographic shift
Substance-Related Disorders
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HIV Infections
Comorbidity
Disease
Article
Drug Users
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0302 clinical medicine
Syringe sharing
Opiate Substitution Treatment
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
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Multidisciplinary
business.industry
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Mean age
Retrospective cohort study
Middle Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
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0305 other medical science
business
Methadone
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20452322
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scientific Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2785b2c8a8f5cc95698972e9bc998c8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-11888-5