Cause analysis of drug users dropping out methadone maintenance treatment in newly opened clinics in Guangxi from 2009 to 2011
Abstract： Objective To explore the influencing factors of drug users dropping out methadone maintenance treatment(MMT)and their effect on treatment compliance in Guangxi from 2009 to 2011.Methods Using unified questionnaire investigation of state of community drug users dropping out MMT , telephone or family interview was a-dopted to investigate the drug users dropping out MMT or their families to find out the reason dropping out MMT .Re-sults In total 374 cases dropped out MMT , the main reasons for dropping out MMT were as follows:unknown reason accounted for 31.6%, illegal crime for 27.0%, death/disease/pregnant for 15.5%, compulsory drug treatment or detention for 9.9%.Conclusion Unknown reason, illegal crime, death/disease/pregnant, compulsory drug treat-ment or detention were the main reasons for dropping out MMT .It is necessary to take the corresponding measures for outpatients to reduce dropping out and improve compliance .
Keywords：Methadone maintenance treatment ( MMT)Drop outCause analysis
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 788-791 )