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Self-Perceived Health among Canadian Opiate Users: A Comparison to the General Population and to Other Chronic Disease Populations
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ABSTRACT
Background: There are an estimated 40,000 to 90,000 injection opiate users in Canada. The social, economic and health consequences of opiate addiction have been well documented. However, there are no data on the self-perceived health status of opiate users in Canada. Therefore, the goal of this research is to gain an understanding of the self-perceived health status of opiate users by comparing the health-related quality of life of opiate users to chronic disease populations and to the general population.
Methods: The SF-36 was administered to a nonrandom sample of 143 opiate users entering low-threshold methadone treatment. Two sample t-tests were performed to …
