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Table 3 History of drug use and rehabilitation

From: Behavioral and quality-of-life outcomes in different service models for methadone maintenance treatment in Vietnam

   

MMT + VCT + ART + DGH

     
 

MMT + VCT

Rural

Urban

MMT + RPC

All

p value

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

History of drug use

 Age first used drug

24.3

7.0

26.6

7.4

25.3

6.7

23.5

6.1

24.1

6.5

0.21

 Time since first episode (year)

13.5

5.1

11.2

5.3

12.2

5.9

14.5

6.2

13.5

5.7

<0.01

 Time since first drug injection (year)

10.9

4.4

7.9

3.9

9.2

4.6

11.0

5.5

10.9

4.9

0.02

Drug rehabilitation

 Number of episodes

5.7

7.2

3.4

3.0

4.2

5.2

5.1

6.9

4.8

6.2

0.02

 

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

 

Location of rehabilitation

 Home, self-managed

213

85.9

103

75.7

132

68.8

226

61.8

674

71.6

<0.01

 Voluntary centers

108

43.6

50

36.8

97

50.5

195

53.3

450

47.8

<0.01

 Compulsory centers

74

29.8

13

9.6

32

16.7

137

37.4

256

27.2

<0.01

Reason for relapse

 Boredom

91

36.7

31

22.8

80

41.7

162

44.3

364

38.6

<0.01

 Peer inducement

115

46.4

67

49.3

106

55.2

189

51.6

477

50.6

0.30

 Craving

107

43.2

62

45.6

96

50.0

168

45.9

433

46.0

0.56

 Unemployment

11

4.4

3

2.2

6

3.1

29

7.9

49

5.2

0.02