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Exploring perceived quality of life in long-term methadone-dependent patients: a qualitative study.
Harm Reduct J
December 2024
Sexual and Reproductive Health Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the quality of life (QoL) perceptions among long-term methadone-dependent patients (MDPs) undergoing methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opioid use disorder (OUD).
- Using qualitative methods, the research involved in-depth interviews with 25 MDPs to explore their experiences and satisfaction in various life aspects post-treatment.
- Key findings revealed themes of improved physical and mental health, a sense of purpose in life, positive self-perception, enhanced social support, marital satisfaction, and challenges related to fatigue, stigma, and financial strain associated with MMT.
Exploring spousal disparities: Age, earnings, and education as predictors of intimate partner violence in 29 developing countries.
Womens Health (Lond)
December 2024
Centre of Islamic Finance, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is widespread and is influenced by individual-specific factors. However, the impact of spousal sociodemographic disparities (age, earnings, education) remains understudied.
Objectives: This study investigates the relationship between spousal sociodemographic disparities and women's IPV experiences in 29 developing countries in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East and North Africa.
Self-reported history of physical intimate partner violence and longitudinal cognitive performance in midlife women.
Womens Health (Lond)
December 2024
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Background: Intimate partner violence affects about a third of women in their lifetimes and can result in short- and long-term health consequences, including less favorable performance on measures of cognitive function.
Objectives: We assess whether experiencing physical intimate partner violence in midlife was associated with steeper declines in subsequent tests of cognitive performance.
Design: This study used data from 1713 women in the longitudinal cohort Study of Women's Health Across the Nation to relate baseline information on physical intimate partner violence to declines in scores from the Symbol Digit Modalities Test, the East Boston Memory Test and the Digit Span Backwards spanning follow-up visits 7 through 15.
A Study on Deliberate Self-Harm by Poisoning and Associated Risk Factors at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
Cureus
November 2024
University Medical Unit, Batticaloa Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa, LKA.
Background: Deliberate self-harm (DSH) by poisoning is a significant public health concern worldwide. This study aimed to analyze the demographic, socioeconomic, and psychological factors contributing to self-harm by poisoning in patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 101 patients admitted to the hospital for poisoning-related self-harm.
Factors related to high caregiver burden of wives of patients with alcohol dependence syndrome: A case-control study from Eastern India.
J Family Med Prim Care
October 2024
Department of Physiology, IIT, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
Article Synopsis
- - The study investigates the burden faced by wives caring for husbands with alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) compared to those caring for husbands with schizophrenia, highlighting the significant challenges in both groups.
- - It finds that wives of individuals with schizophrenia experience a caregiver burden of 77.69%, whereas those with husbands suffering from ADS report a similar burden at 78.39%, indicating comparable levels of stress across both conditions.
- - Factors that exacerbate the burden for wives of ADS patients include rural living, nuclear family structures, critical in-laws, lack of cooperation from family members, physical abuse, and having multiple children, emphasizing the need for greater family support.
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