2009•Practical Journal of Clinical MedicineRequires access

Effect of family intervention on maintenance of methadone maintain treatment

Yuan Ying

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Objective To study the effect of family intervention on maintenance of methadone maintain treatment.Methods 200 of heroin dependent patients were divided into two groups.Group A(100 cases) received methadone maintenance treatment combined with family intervention;Group B(100 cases) received methadone maintenance treatment only.The retention rate of the two groups were compared.Results There was significant difference in the retention rate between the two groups(P 0.001).Conclusions Family intervention has benefit for maintenance of methadone maintenance treatment.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Methadone maintenance, Methadone, Intervention (counseling), Retention rate, Heroin, Maintenance therapy, Treatment and control groups