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Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems: 2024, 26, 41

The effect of the physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model on the psychological status of MMT patients

Qiaofang Huang, Shanfang Su, Lian Duan, Junyi Lin, Caimei Zou, Shaojuan Wu, and Shichao Xu

Digital Object Identifier:
https://doi.org/10.62401/2531-4122-2024-41

Summary: Background: Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT), as an effective comprehensive treatment for opioid abuse, still needs to be further optimized. This study applied the physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model to provide individualized comprehensive rehabilitation services for MMT patients for a period of 6 months, aiming to explore the impact of the physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model on the life status, treatment status and psychological status of MMT patients. Methods: Ninety-five patients who received MMT were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group (n = 50) and the healthy control (HC) group (n = 45). The experimental group subjects received the physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model intervention, while the control group subjects received conventional methadone treatment service. The life status, treatment status and psychological status of the two groups were evaluated at baseline, 3 months and 6 months after the intervention respectively. Results: After six months intervention, compared to baseline, MMT subjects in the experimental group had significant improvements in depression status, anxiety status, sleep quality and life quality even though they gradually reduced their daily dose of methadone therapy. Compared with subjects in the HC group, MMT subjects in the experimental group had higher QOL-DA scores (p＜0.001). Conclusions: The application of the physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model can effectively improve the psychological status of MMT patients and enhance their life quality.

Keywords: Methadone maintenance treatment; Physician-nurse-social worker linkage rehabilitation model; Psychological status