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Project

Recovery and quality of like of heroin addicts after maintenance treatment with methadone
Code
01J14007
Duration
01 January 2007 → 31 October 2011
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Orthopedagogics and special education
Keywords
heroin dependence recovery quality of life methadone maintenance treatment
 
Project description
 

The current quality of life of 200 heroin addicts who started methadone maintenance treatment between 5 and 10 years ago will be evaluated, using the QOL.Q en de WHOQOL-100. Further, based on the EuropASI (addiction severity, related problems) and the MINI (psychopathology), the degree of recovery/chronicity and its associated factors will be assessed.