THỰC TRẠNG RỐI LOẠN GIẤC NGỦ Ở NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐIỀU TRỊ METHADONE KHU VỰC HÀ NỘI

Abstract

Methadone is a popular treatment for opioid addiction in Vietnam to reduce infectious diseases and improve patients' health. However, using stimulant can directly cause sleep disturbances. On the other hand, sleep problem is one of the risk factors for relapse into substance abuse. Objectives: To assess the status of sleep disorders in patients treated with Methadone. Subjects and research methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study performed on 630 methadone patients at 3 facilities in Hanoi during the period from October 2020 to December 2020, using the ISI scale to assess the severity of the sleep disturbance. Results: The average age of the study subjects was 43.16 years old, 99% were men, on average attended Methadone treatment for 3.5 years with an average dose of 79.13mg. There are 17.2% of patients with sleep disorders in which it is mainly difficult to maintain sleep, accounting for the highest percentage, followed by difficulty falling asleep and waking up early. 13.2% of patients were not satisfied with the quality of their sleep. Conclusion: Sleep disturbance is a common problem in methadone maintenance patients, reducing the quality of life in this group of patients, so we had better take properly attention to this issue.