在COVID-19封锁期间,在Tshwane庇护所急性阿片类药物戒断中使用甲
Jo-Marie A Siemens1, Urvisha Bhoora, Michelle Janse van Rensburg
1Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria. joeydr1992@gmail.com.
概括
在COVID-19封锁期间,社区面向物质使用计划 (COSUP) 提供了甲来管理街头人士的阿片类药物戒断. 该计划在此脆弱时期的支持参与者方面表现出有效性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 成 药物 药物 药物 药物
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19封锁期间,为街头人士建立了临时避难所.
- 药物使用者因未得到满足的药物获取需求而经历了戒断.
- 在 Tshwane 的社区面向物质使用计划 (COSUP) 提供了甲用于阿片类药物戒断管理.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19封锁期间在临时避难所的街头物质使用者的甲剂量方案和治疗结果.
- 评估COSUP在管理阿片类药物戒断和提供护理连续性的有效性.
主要方法:
- 采用了横截面,描述性的研究设计.
- 数据来自于2020年3月至2020年9月期间在Tshwane的避难所的每日甲剂量记录.
- 分析包括495名参与者,检查了甲初始剂量,调整和治疗完成/中止.
主要成果:
- 大多数参与者 (80.2%) 开始服用40mg-50mg的甲.
- 很大一部分 (39.2%) 维持了他们的初始剂量1至2个月,随后对许多人进行了剂量调整.
- 25.5%的参与者在避难所住了6个月,接受了甲,而25.3%的参与者在COSUP地点继续接受随访.
结论:
- 甲剂量方案在庇护所居民中显示出差异性.
- 在支持弱势群体方面,COSUP 已被证明是有效的,其成功后续行动率很高.
- 在易受伤害的时期,阿片类药物替代疗法是一种有价值的干预措施.
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