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Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Hege TollefsenNyhagen¹ 

关键词: age;    patient experiences;    opioid dependence;    treatment;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1455072516682637

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background:Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) secures a low mortality in a vulnerable population and is often a lifelong treatment. One would therefore expect an increasing prevalence of OMT among the elderly. This article describes a study with three elements; a literature review, an investigation of occurrence and an exploration of elderly patients’ needs and experiences.Material and methods:PsycINFO, Ovid Medline and Embase were searched with reference words for opioid maintenance and age. Norway has a national cohort study of patients in OMT describing recruitment, retention in treatment, age and mortality. A prognosis of numbers in treatment older than 50 and 60 years were extrapolated based on probabilistic premises. Finally, a qualitative interview study of OMT patients in two municipalities near Oslo was performed. Five OMT patients aged between 58 and 64 years were interviewed with open questions on thoughts, needs and experiences.Findings:The review points to an increasing population with psychi...

【 授权许可】

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