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[Maintenance treatment in opioid-dependent patients with migration background]
L K Bald1, M Schouler-Ocak2, S Penka2
1Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, St. Hedwig-Krankenhaus, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Große Hamburger Str. 5-11, 10115, Berlin, Deutschland. lena-karoline.bald@charite.de.
Background:
No regional analyses regarding opioid-dependent patients in maintenance treatment with a migration background have so far been performed in German-speaking countries.
Objectives:
This study examined patients with and without a migration background regarding socioeconomic parameters, characteristics of dependency and attitude towards opiate maintenance treatment (OMT).
Material And Methods:
From May to October 2011 patients in OMT from all of the 20 psychiatry clinics and 110 physician practices in Berlin with a licence to provide OMT were included in this analysis.
Results:
Out of the 986 participating patients, 956 gave information on migration background and of these, 204 (21.3 %) originated from a country other than Germany. Compared to patients without a migration background, their participation in a maintenance program was significantly shorter and they more often expressed a desire to end OMT and wanted a limited duration of OMT.
Conclusion:
The differences regarding duration of OMT and the wish to end OMT can reflect a stronger desire for abstinence and a different attitude towards maintenance treatment of patients with a migration background.
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