Club-based drug use and its associated risk factors among HIV-positive methadone maintenance treatment clients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2014.08.007
- VernacularTitle:HIV阳性美沙酮维持治疗者新型毒品使用情况及其影响因素分析
- Keywords:
Methadone maintenance treatment;
Club drugs;
Risk factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
2014;35(8):905-908
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To describe club-based drug use and to explore the determinants on those HIV-positive methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) clients.Methods This study was conducted in 5 MMT clinics in Yunnan province and 612 MMT clients who met the survey criteria were recruited for the study.Urine sample was tested as a biological marker to identify if heroin,methamphetamine,methylene-dioxy-methyl-amphetamine,buprenorphine or benzodiazepine had been used.Results The average age among the 612 clients was 38.9 ± 6.3 years.Among these,78.9％ were males,with the average years of education as 8.0± 3.4 years.There were 60.5％ clients who had good relationship with their families.153 (25.0％) clients reported having used club-related drugs in the last 12 months.Results from the urine test showed that the positive rate on morphine was 14.4％,while the positive rate for club-related drugs was 26.6％.Factors as residential area,casual sexual partners,retention on MMT and occasionally use of heroin were associated with urine results on club-related drugs and the prevalence of self-reported club drug use (P＜0.05).Conclusion Club-related drug use was common among HIV-positive MMT clients.Inspection and supervision for club-related drugs and the education and intervention programs on related high risk behaviors should be strengthened.
