RELATIONSHIP OF SALIVA pH AND DMF-T INDEX IN METADON HOUSING THERAPY IN YOGYAKARTA CITY

One of the factors causes dental caries is salivary state. Drug addicts may have different salivary pH due to the drug content that is commonly consumed. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of salivary pH to the DMFT index in the Methadone Maintenance Therapy group in the city of Yogyakarta. This type of observational analytic study is Case control design. A sample of 64 subjects, divided into 2 case and control groups. Case groups are people who are members of the Methadone Maintenance Therapy Program at the Gedongtengen Health Center in Yogyakarta. Saliva pH measuring instrument is a pH strip. Test the relationship between salivary pH and DMFT using the Spearman rank test. The results showed that the average DMF-T in the case group was 8.4, higher than the control group 2.1 while the saliva pH of the PTRM group in the acid category (5.8) was lower than the control group with a neutral pH category (6.6). There is a significant relationship between salivary pH and DMF-T index in the Methadone Maintenance Therapy group in Yogyakarta City.

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The Effectiveness of Group Positive-Therapy (PPT) and Well-Being Therapy (WBT) on Attitude towards Drug Abuse in Patients under Methadone Maintenance Therapy

International Journal of Indian Psychology ◽

10.25215/0204.110 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Pirnia, B

Keyword(s):

Drug Abuse ◽

Maintenance Therapy ◽

Methadone Maintenance ◽

Well Being ◽

Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽

Control Group ◽

Test Analysis ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Quasi Experimental

Treatment of substance abuse has been associated with many challenges. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of group positive therapy (PPT) and well-being therapy (WBT) on attitude towards drug abuse in patients under methadone maintenance therapy. The present study is a quasi-experimental with pre-test and post test analysis and control group. The population was including all substance abusers in the city of Lavasan who were resident in the clinics center of city Lavasan. Participants included thirty-six men who were eligible for the study were chosen by random selection method and randomly allocated in three groups. Two groups received positive psychotherapy (PPT) and well-being therapy (WBT)for 2 months, 14 sessions of 1hours (Two times a week), while the control group received no therapy at all. Data were collected by Questionnaire of attitude to drug which was given to the test subjects before and after completion of the therapy. The collected data was put to one way variance analysis and Scheffe’s test. The study demonstrated that group positive therapy and well-being therapy had positive effects on the attitude towards drug abuse improvement in both groups who received interventions ( P<0.00001, F =16.03) in comparison to the control group. Actually, both methods were effective in boosting attitude towards drug. Both positive therapy and well-being therapy methods were found effective in decrease attitude towards drug abuse in patients under methadone maintenance therapy but have not a significant difference between the effectiveness positive-therapy and well-being therapy

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The effect of aripiprazole on nicotine dependency in patients under methadone maintenance therapy

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.02.461 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S398-S398

Author(s):

S.M. Zamir ◽

H. Javdani ◽

A. Massoudifar ◽

M. Naghdipour ◽

A. Mehrnami

Keyword(s):

Maintenance Therapy ◽

Methadone Maintenance ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Methadone Maintenance Therapy ◽

Control Group ◽

Case Group ◽

Double Blind ◽

Quit Smoking ◽

Nicotine Dependency ◽

Study Results

IntroductionThe prevalence of smoking in patients under methadone maintenance therapy is high (85–98%). Most of these patients tend to quit smoking, but only a few of them receive treatment or referred to quit smoking. Recent study on aripiprazole, has been shown to reduce smoking.AimsThe aim of this study was to evaluate aripiprazole on smoking in patients under methadone maintenance therapy.Material and methodThis study was a double-blind intervention study. Patients under Methadone maintenance therapy in 22 Bahman Hospital randomly divided into two intervention and control group. First with the FTQ questionnaire, nicotine dependency assessed in all patients. Then, 6-week aripiprazole administered to intervention group. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 21.ResultsThe age range of patients was 67–25 years. Two groups were matched in demographic characteristics. Finally, mean number of FTQ questionnaire in case group before intervention was 8.9 ± 1.4 and after intervention was 8.4 ± 1.6. This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.0007).ConclusionThe study results show the aripiprazole effect in reducing the desire to smoke in patients under methadone maintenance therapy. The overall level of dependency on nicotine on the basis of test FTQ has decreased. By choosing aripiprazole as adjunctive therapy to quit smoking, by reducing the tendency of patients to smoking, can decrease cardiovascular complications and other problems caused by smoking and we can reduce the mortality rate of these patients.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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