Objective: To investigate the quality of life of heroin dependent patients with methadone maintenance therapy and its influencing factors.
Methods: A total of 216 heroin dependent patients who were receiving methadone maintenance therapy in Zigong of Sichuan Province were surveyed with the WHOQOL-BREF.
Results: The patients had a score of 12.06 +/- 3.73 for total quality of life and wellbeing and a score of, 13.14 +/- 2.79, 12.17 +/- 3.38, 12.20 +/- 3.17, 11.94 +/- 3.31, for physical, psychological, social relationships, and environmental function respectively. Age, length of drug addiction, job status, family relationship, arrested in last three months, frequency of sex activity, taking tranquilizer, confidence of treatment, duration of treatment, ways of using drugs had an impact on quality of life (P<0.05). Age, length of drug addiction, job status, family relationships, frequency of sex activity, arrested last three months, taking tranquilizer, and confidence of treatment entered into the multiple regression model.
Conclusion: It is vital to take measures to improve quality of life of the drug addicted patients according to their different individual and family status.