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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

Authors :
Li Luo
Quan-lin Dong
Pulin Liu
Jun Xu
Xia Wang
Wang Zhou
Cong Liu
Source :
Scientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017), Scientific Reports
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Publishing Group, 2017.

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

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