Titre : | Efficacy of heroin-assisted treatment in Belgium: A randomised controlled trial (2015) |
Auteurs : | I. DEMARET ; E. QUERTEMONT ; G. LITRAN ; C. MAGOGA ; C. DEBLIRE ; N. DUBOIS ; J. DE ROUBAIX ; C. CHARLIER ; A. LEMAITRE ; M. ANSSEAU |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | European Addiction Research (Vol.21, n°4, June 2015) |
Article en page(s) : | 179-187 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | TRA (Traitement et prise en charge / Treatment and care) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique BELGIQUEThésaurus mots-clés ETUDE CLINIQUE ; ETUDE RANDOMISEE ; EFFICACITE ; HEROINE ; DISTRIBUTION CONTROLEE ; TRAITEMENT DE MAINTENANCE |
Résumé : |
Background/Aims: Heroin-assisted treatment (HAT) can improve the condition of heroin addicts still using street heroin after a methadone treatment. In Belgium, a new trial compared the efficacy of a HAT to existing methadone maintenance treatment.
Methods: In this randomised controlled trial, HAT was limited to 12 months. Participants were assessed every 3 months. They were responders if they showed improvement on the level of street heroin use, health or criminal involvement. Results: 74 participants were randomised in the trial. The experimental group (n = 36) counted 30% of responders more than the control group (n = 38) at each assessment point (p Conclusions: This trial confirms the short-term efficacy of HAT for severe heroin addicts, who already failed methadone treatment. (C) 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 39 |
Affiliation : | Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Université de Liège, Belgium |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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