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| Title |
Opiate agonist treatment to improve health of individuals with opioid use disorder in Lebanon
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12954-017-0204-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ali Ghaddar, Zeinab Abbas, Ramzi Haddad |
| Abstract |
Opioid agonist therapy has been widely used to reduce harms among individuals with opioid use disorder but its effectiveness has not been evaluated in the Middle East North African (MENA) region. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a program using opioid agonist therapy in combination with psychosocial support on improving psychological and social well-being, reducing arrest, and reducing risky behavior in individuals with opioid use disorder in Lebanon. A one-group pre-test post-test design study was performed at SKOUN Lebanese Addiction Centre between January 2013 and December 2014. Eighty-six out of 181 patients agreed to participate and completed the 3-month assessment and 38 concluded the 12-month assessment. Psychological (depression and anxiety, quality of life), substance dependence/abuse, behavioral (injecting behavior, sharing needles and paraphernalia), and social outcomes were evaluated at baseline, 3, and 12 months post-treatment. Remarkable statistical significance improvements were observed 3 months after treatment in most outcome variables including quality of life, anxiety, substance dependence, overdose, employment, and injecting behavior. Improvements were sustained 12 months after treatment. Results support expanding the access to opioid agonist therapy in other MENA countries to treat substance dependence and reduce harms among individuals with opioid use disorder. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 3 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 90 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 90 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 34 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Psychology | 5 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Unknown | 37 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 April 2023.
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#560
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#8
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