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Health Related Quality of Life (HTQoL) in drug dependent population
VEVERKA, Vladimír
Abstract Health related quality of life of drug addicted population groups The aim of this thesis is: 1/ to determine the individual and average score of quality of life in drug addicted persons, their kins and close friends 2/ to analyse the survey of the data, to compare the quality of life of probands with European standards, to compare gender differences in a group of drug addicts´ relatives (kins) and also to compare the quality of life in members of a group of drug addicts with the quality of life of the drug addicts´ family members. 3/ On grounds of this analysis to consider the relevance of the phenomena (the statistical significance) and to identify the most affected domains of life, thereby to generate prerequisites on planning the range of possible social interventions in target persons. The method: For the practical research the questionnaire method SF-36, which served both for quality of life measuring and for the comparison between the groups, was used. Probands: The set of 36 persons (24 drug addicted persons {--} patients and 12 of their family members or persons at the same position) and 32 family members of Croatian drug addicts. The results: The drug addicted persons have a statistically significantly lower quality of life in all the 8 domains than the control group. In the domains of reduced social functioning and mental health the health related quality of life of relatives is significantly lower than that of the control group. Croatian family members have a much worse score than Czech family members. Women are affected more than men, in the domains the physical functioning and the physical role limitations.

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