Qualidade de vida dos usuários de drogas

Abstract

Researches about Quality of Life (QoL) has been increasingly frequent since it is known that QoL influences health and is also influenced by it. In this way, understand the perception of QoL of the individuals has been important to evaluate the impact of the interventions in the most different health services. The objective of this research was to analyze the QoL of drug users hospitalized for treatment in a public health institution in the city of Manaus. This is a quantitative-descriptive, cross-sectional study with 52 patients hospitalized for treatment at the Ismael Abdel Aziz Chemical Dependency Rehabilitation Center (CRDQ). The SF-36 and the socio-demographic questionnaire were used, applied in two different moments. The data were analyzed through statistical programs Excel 2010 (Microsoft Office Enterprise) and Statistic Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 17.0. It was evidenced a predominance of single men, between 17 and 27 years. They reported having oxy as a drug of dependence, followed by cocaine, consumed every day for at least 2 years. They reported having a familiar drug user, with the brothers being the most cited. QoL at the beginning of treatment was impaired, with low scores in the physical (M=60), (DP=17,23) and mental (M=49), (DP=17,63) components. However, after three months of treatment there was a significant improvement in the scores of these components, for (M=88,6), (DP=10,85) and (M=82,2), (DP=16,72), respectively. The functional capacity domains (M=69), (DP=18,05) and vitality (M=58,8), (DP=20,04), were also highlighted, with low initial scores. However, there were higher scores at the end of treatment, being (M=95,3), (DP=9,54) and (M=86,8), (DP=13,58), respectively. It was concluded that the therapeutic interventions carried out by the multiprofessional team contributed to the improvement in the patients' QoL perception, as well as their adherence to the treatment.