Patient's early satisfaction with care: a predictor of health-related quality of life change among outpatients with substance dependence.

Background: Although research on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has increased in the addiction field, few studies have focused on the determinants of HRQoL changes. This study aimed to describe dependent patients' HRQoL changes at a 3-month follow-up and to assess whether satisfaction with care can predict those changes among outpatients starting care for alcohol or opioid dependence.

Methods: HRQoL was measured with the SF-12 at baseline and 3 months later in a prospective cohort of dependent outpatients.

[Thiamin and alcohol use disorder: A national survey of practice].

Objective: The survey aimed to estimate, in the presence of alcohol use disorder, the frequency of systematic prescription of thiamine, the factors associated with it, and those related to the administration (oral, intravenous, intramuscular) when Wernicke's encephalopathy is suspected.

Methods: A self-questionnaire available on Internet was sent by e-mail to doctors and nurses taking care patients with alcohol use disorder.

Results: In all, 565 professionals responded.