Health-related quality of life in outpatients with substance use disorder: evolution over time and associated factors.

Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important element of patient care and clinical research. The aim of this study was to describe HRQoL changes and identify associated factors during a 6-month follow-up of outpatients starting care for alcohol or opioid dependence.

Methods: HRQoL was measured at baseline and 3 and 6 months later using the SF-12.

Is early outpatient satisfaction with substance use disorder care a predictor of early dropout? Results of the SUBUSQOL cohort.

Premature discontinuation of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment is a leading factor associated with poor outcomes. The aim of the study was to investigate factors associated with early dropout among individuals with SUD receiving outpatient care. In a prospective cohort of substance-dependent outpatients, we collected sociodemographic and clinical data, and participants completed questionnaires assessing health-related quality of life, states of anxiety and depression, and coping at baseline.

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.

Relationships between coping, anxiety, depression and health-related quality of life in outpatients with substance use disorders: results of the SUBUSQOL study.

Previous research showed that coping strategies are associated with depressive symptoms and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with chronic somatic conditions. The aim of this study was to examine the coping strategies used in patients with substance use disorders and to assess the relationships between coping strategies, HRQoL, anxiety and depression. Coping was assessed in a prospective outpatient cohort by the Brief COPE.

[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.

The effects of patient and physician characteristics on early outpatient satisfaction with substance dependence care: results of the SUBUSQOL study.

Background: Although patient perceptions of health care have increasingly been explored in the literature, little is known about care satisfaction among individuals with substance dependence. This exploratory study assessed the relationships between patient and physician characteristics and early outpatient satisfaction with care for alcohol and opioid dependence.

Methods: Satisfaction was assessed using a multidimensional, self-administered and validated questionnaire during the early care process among a prospective outpatient cohort.