Health Related Quality of Life in Individuals Transferred from a Needle Exchange Program and Starting Opioid Agonist Treatment

Table 1

Mean EQ-5D index scores and EQ-5D VAS scores in relation to particular reported baseline characteristics for 71 individuals starting OAT.

		EQ-5D	p	EQ-5D VAS	p
	n (%)	mean (s.d)		mean (s.d)
Male	53 (74.6)	0.73 (0.17)	0.926	48.9 (24.9)	0.469
Female	18 (25.4)	0.74 (0.13)		42.6 (28.1)
Previous suicide attempts
YES	22 (31.0)	0.69 (0.18)	0.193	36.5 (25.9)	0.022
NO	49 (69.0)	0.76 (0.15)		51.8 (24.5)
Prescribed psychiatric medication
YES	18 (25.4)	0.66 (0.16)	0.024	38.1 (22.5)	0.078
NO	53 (74.6)	0.76 (0.15)		50.4 (26.2)
Using benzodiazepines last 30 days
YES	52 (73.2)	0.72 (0.16)	0.055	44.2 (26.5)	0.086
NO	19 (26.8)	0.80 (0.12)		56.2 (21.5)
Responders other illicit drugs
YES	9 (13.2)	0.89 (0.10)	0.004	63.9 (21.7)	0.038
NO	59 (86.8)	0.72 (0.16)		45.6 (25.1)
Responders opioids
YES	21 (30.9)	0.80 (0.14)	0.129	55.8 (25.9)	0.118
NO	47 (69.1)	0.72 (0.16)		44.6 (24.7)
Previous overdoses
YES	51 (71.8)	0.74 (0.16)	0.940	44.4 (24.8)	0.182
NO	20 (28.2)	0.74 (0.15)		54.7 (27.2)