TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Alcohol Drinking
KW - Ambulatory Care Facilities
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Epidemics
KW - Female
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Methadone/therapeutic use
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Opiate Substitution Treatment
KW - Substance-Related Disorders/drug therapy/epidemiology
KW - Vietnam/epidemiology
KW - HIV
KW - MMT
KW - Vietnam
KW - polysubstance use
AU - T. A. Le
AU - D. T. T. Pham
AU - T. T. C. Quek
AU - G. T. Vu
AU - C. L. Hoang
AU - T. T. Tran
AU - C. T. Nguyen
AU - N. H. T. Tran
AU - Q. H. Vuong
AU - T. H. Tran
AU - B. X. Tran
AU - C. A. Latkin
AU - C. S. H. Ho
AU - R. C. M. Ho
A1 - 
AB - Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been scaled up significantly in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the pattern of polysubstance use in 395 MMT patients and its contextualized associated factors. A cross-sectional study was performed in three outpatient MMT clinics in Nam Dinh Province. Multivariate Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with polysubstance use status. The mean MMT duration and the current MMT dose was 3.3 years and 69.2 mg, respectively. Among participants, 24.8% reported daily alcohol use, 68.6% smoked regularly, and 6% used illicit drugs. Peer pressure and MMT suboptimal adherence were found to associate with continual usage of drugs (47.8%). Participants who lived with a spouse/partner, were self-employed, and smoked were more likely to drink alcohol. Those who drink were also more likely to smoke, and vice versa. Recommendations for policymakers include community-based education and promotional programs aiming to decrease substance usage in the community as well as encouraging and supporting the private health sector in establishing private MMT services and clinics. Further longitudinal studies on polysubstance usage among MMT patients should also be conducted.
AD - National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. lat@nihe.org.vn.; Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. lat@nihe.org.vn.; National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. thanhduyen.yhdp1117@gmail.com.; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119074, Singapore. e0011081@u.nus.edu.; Center of Excellence in Evidence-Based Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam. giang.coentt@gmail.com.; Center of Excellence in Behavior Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam. chi.coentt@gmail.com.; Center of Excellence in Evidence-Based Medicine, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam. tung.coentt@gmail.com.; Institute for Global Health Innovations, Duy Tan University, Da Nang 550000, Vietnam. cuong.ighi@gmail.com.; National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. dr.haininh@gmail.com.; Centre for Interdisciplinary Social Research, Phenikaa University, Yen Nghia, Ha Dong, Hanoi 100803, Vietnam. hoang.vuongquan@phenikaa-uni.edu.vn.; Faculty of Economics and Finance, Phenikaa University, Yen Nghia, Ha Dong 100803, Hanoi, Vietnam. hoang.vuongquan@phenikaa-uni.edu.vn.; Institute of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Vietnam-Germany Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. tranhoangtung.vd@gmail.com.; Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam. bach.ipmph@gmail.com.; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. bach.ipmph@gmail.com.; Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. carl.latkin@jhu.edu.; Department of Psychological Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore 119074, Singapore. cyrushosh@gmail.com.; Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin Sch(TRUNCATED)
BT - International journal of environmental research and public health
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 18
DO - 10.3390/ijerph16183277
IS - 18
JF - International journal of environmental research and public health
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has been scaled up significantly in recent years. This study aimed to investigate the pattern of polysubstance use in 395 MMT patients and its contextualized associated factors. A cross-sectional study was performed in three outpatient MMT clinics in Nam Dinh Province. Multivariate Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with polysubstance use status. The mean MMT duration and the current MMT dose was 3.3 years and 69.2 mg, respectively. Among participants, 24.8% reported daily alcohol use, 68.6% smoked regularly, and 6% used illicit drugs. Peer pressure and MMT suboptimal adherence were found to associate with continual usage of drugs (47.8%). Participants who lived with a spouse/partner, were self-employed, and smoked were more likely to drink alcohol. Those who drink were also more likely to smoke, and vice versa. Recommendations for policymakers include community-based education and promotional programs aiming to decrease substance usage in the community as well as encouraging and supporting the private health sector in establishing private MMT services and clinics. Further longitudinal studies on polysubstance usage among MMT patients should also be conducted.
PY - 2019
SN - 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
SP - 3277. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183277
T1 - Polysubstance Use among Patients Enrolling in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program in a Vietnam Province with Drug-Driven HIV Epidemic
T2 - International journal of environmental research and public health
TI - Polysubstance Use among Patients Enrolling in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program in a Vietnam Province with Drug-Driven HIV Epidemic
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 31500107
U3 - 10.3390/ijerph16183277
VL - 16
VO - 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
Y1 - 2019
Y2 - Sep 6
ER -