TY - JOUR
KW - ketum
KW - kratom
KW - Methadone maintenance therapy
AU - L. L. Choo
AU - M. M. Ahmad Zahari
AU - S. K. Choy
AU - Abdul Rahim
AU - Abd Rashid
A1 - 
AB - Ketum use is significantly prevalent amongst individuals in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of Ketum use in individuals who are in the Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) Programme at the Hospital Taiping. This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the methadone clinic at the Hospital Taiping. The study instruments used were Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS), Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) questionnaire, and Kratom Dependence Scale (KDS). A total of 215 subjects were recruited for this study. The prevalence of ketum users was 49.3% (n = 106). Chinese and Indian ethnicity had a lower tendency to use ketum compared to Malay ethnicity, with OR = 0.386 (95% CI 0.134, 1.113) and 0.119 (95% CI 0.035, 0.408), respectively. Individuals who used other illicit drugs had a higher tendency to use ketum with the adjusted OR = 9.914 (95% CI: 1.109, 88.602). Every one unit increase in SOWS increased the odds of being a ketum user by 1.340 (95% CI: 1.070, 1.677), whereas every one unit increase in duration in the MMT programme reduced the odds of being a ketum user by 0.990 (95% CI: 0.982, 0.998). Ketum use is prevalent amongst those in the MMT programme in this study. The high prevalence of ketum use is of concern and further interventions should be carried out to address this.
AD - Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia.; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Taiping, Taiping 34000, Malaysia.; Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Taiping, Taiping 34000, Malaysia.; Department of Psychological Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 59100, Malaysia.
BT - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
C5 - Healthcare Disparities; Measures; Opioids & Substance Use
CP - 4
DO - 10.3390/healthcare10040746
IS - 4
JF - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - Ketum use is significantly prevalent amongst individuals in the northern states of Peninsular Malaysia. This study aims to investigate the prevalence and psychosocial correlates of Ketum use in individuals who are in the Methadone Maintenance Therapy (MMT) Programme at the Hospital Taiping. This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the methadone clinic at the Hospital Taiping. The study instruments used were Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS), Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) questionnaire, and Kratom Dependence Scale (KDS). A total of 215 subjects were recruited for this study. The prevalence of ketum users was 49.3% (n = 106). Chinese and Indian ethnicity had a lower tendency to use ketum compared to Malay ethnicity, with OR = 0.386 (95% CI 0.134, 1.113) and 0.119 (95% CI 0.035, 0.408), respectively. Individuals who used other illicit drugs had a higher tendency to use ketum with the adjusted OR = 9.914 (95% CI: 1.109, 88.602). Every one unit increase in SOWS increased the odds of being a ketum user by 1.340 (95% CI: 1.070, 1.677), whereas every one unit increase in duration in the MMT programme reduced the odds of being a ketum user by 0.990 (95% CI: 0.982, 0.998). Ketum use is prevalent amongst those in the MMT programme in this study. The high prevalence of ketum use is of concern and further interventions should be carried out to address this.
PY - 2022
SN - 2227-9032; 2227-9032; 2227-9032
SP - 746
T1 - The Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Ketum (Mitragyna speciosa) Use among Individuals on Methadone Maintenance Therapy Programme in Hospital Taiping, Malaysia
T2 - Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)
TI - The Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Ketum (Mitragyna speciosa) Use among Individuals on Methadone Maintenance Therapy Programme in Hospital Taiping, Malaysia
U1 - Healthcare Disparities; Measures; Opioids & Substance Use
U2 - 35455923
U3 - 10.3390/healthcare10040746
VL - 10
VO - 2227-9032; 2227-9032; 2227-9032
Y1 - 2022
Y2 - Apr 17
ER -