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## Purpose Opioid maintenance treatment reduces a person’s use of heroin. However, frequent substance use in treatment is a problem. ## Aim To examine the association between opioid maintenance treatment and opioid/polydrug use, and whether social factors, adverse experiences, social resources, and quality of life are associated with opioid/polydrug use during the first 12 months in treatment. ## Patients and Methods Forty-seven participants from treatment units in Bergen, Norway participated in five waves of data collection. Every third month, a structured face-to-face interview collected self-reported data on sociodemographic characteristics, opioid/polydrug use, participants’ social resources or adverse experiences, and quality of life. Data were collected as part of KVARUS, the National Quality Register for Substance Abuse Treatment. A multilevel binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to examine the association of opioid/polydrug use and time in current treatment. The analysis included regressions of opioid/polydrug use on time-invariant baseline adverse experiences and social resources, and time-varying reports of quality of life. ## Results There was a significant

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Author

Carlsen, Siv-Elin Leirvaag; Lunde, Linn-Heidi; Torsheim, Torbjà ̧rn

Publisher

Dove Medical Press; [Auckland N.Z.]: Dovepress, [2010]-; Informa UK Limited (ISSN 1179-8467)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)