Wenyuan Yin|Peng Lin|Xiaobin Cao|Jennifer M. McGoogan|Mengmeng Liu|Congbin Zhang|Zhijun Li|Jianhua Li|Keming Rou
Factors associated with depression and anxiety among patients attending community?based methadone maintenance treatment in <scp>C</scp>hina
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|Yunnan Institute For Drug Abuse|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC|Yunnan Institute For Drug Abuse|National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention,China CDC
abstract aim estimate prevalence identify factors associated depression anxiety among communitybased methadone maintenance treatment mmt clients c hina design crosssectional survey setting nine mmt clinics three three c hinese provinces unnan nhui j iangsu ctober 2008 f ebruary 2009 participants total 1301 mmt clients measurements questionnaire including z ung elf r ating epression cale sds z ung elf r ating nxiety cale sas onsite urine drug testing findings prevalence depression sds score 53 anxiety sas score 50 sample 383 95 confidence interval ci 357 409 184 95 ci 163 205 respectively 142 95 ci 123 161 displaying symptoms sample prevalence rates depression mean 4969 standard deviation sd 1034 anxiety mean 4098 sd 1066 higher national average 0052 1300 192 p lt 0001 0052 1300 80 p lt 0001 respectively employing multilevel modelling techniques gender p 003 employment status p lt 0001 found associated significantly depression singlelevel model however multilevel mixed model employment status p lt 0001 associated depression gender p 003 education level p 002 marital status p 004 employment status p lt 0001 positive urine drug test results p 002 daily methadone dose p lt 0001 found associated significantly anxiety singlelevel model employment status p lt 001 positive results urine drug test p 004 associated anxiety multilevel mixed model conclusions considerable proportion methadone maintenance treatment clients c hina experienced depression anxiety treatment need provide tailored mental health interventions highrisk population