Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The key to the success of Methadone Maintenance Therapy is patientsÂ’ compliance that can be possibly achieved by high motivation. Studies have shown that psychosocial intervention is an effective adjunct therapy to the methadone in treating the drug dependence patients. However, in reality, the psychosocial component often neglected and missing from the local Methadone Maintenance Therapy Program due to human resource constraints and inadequate training. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of Essential Psychosocial Intervention Make Easy (EPIME) module as an adjunct to the standard MMTP in health clinics. METHODS: A prospective comparative intervention study in 2015-2016. 145 patients were assigned to EPIME plus Standard MMT and Standard MMT alone groups. RESULTS: Significant and positive QOL impacts were demonstrated especially the Environment Domain (mean difference=6.6, CI: 0.7-12.5
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-292,
title = {The Impact of Essential Psychosocial Intervention Make Easy (EPIME) On Quality of Life of Methadone Clients},
author = {Adibah Ibrahim},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: The key to the success of Methadone Maintenance Therapy is patientsÂ’ compliance that can be possibly achieved by high motivation. Studies have shown that psychosocial intervention is an effective adjunct therapy to the methadone in treating the drug dependence patients. However, in reality, the psychosocial component often neglected and missing from the local Methadone Maintenance Therapy Program due to human resource constraints and inadequate training. This study aims to evaluate the implementation of Essential Psychosocial Intervention Make Easy (EPIME) module as an adjunct to the standard MMTP in health clinics. METHODS: A prospective comparative intervention study in 2015-2016. 145 patients were assigned to EPIME plus Standard MMT and Standard MMT alone groups. RESULTS: Significant and positive QOL impacts were demonstrated especially the Environment Domain (mean difference=6.6, CI: 0.7-12.5},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: Melaka State Health Department},
keywords = {EPIME, methadone, psychosocial},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}