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- Title
Evaluate sexual function of male patients treated with methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) compared with that of buprenorphine maintenance therapy (BMT) in Kerman City, Iran, 2015.
- Authors
Mehdizadeh Zare Anari, A.; Hasani Poor HosseinAbadi, Z.
- Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate sexual function of male patients treated with methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) compared with that of buprenorphine maintenance therapy (BMT) in Kerman city, Iran, 2015. The research approach was a causal comparison with statistical population consisted of all married male patients who intake MMTor BMT in Kerman Substance Abuse Treatment Center (418 people) during first quarter of 2015 that 200 which of them were selected according to Morgan table (for each group, n = 100). The International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF) questionnaire was employed to collect the data. Data Analysis was achieved using SPSS 20 software. The results showed that mean sexual function in male patients who treated with BMT is greater than MMT ( P = 0.004). Mean erectile function ( P = 0.029), orgasm ( P = 0.001) and sexual desire ( P = 0.001) in the patients who treated with BMT exceeded than MMT. However, satisfaction of intercourse ( P = 0.727) and overall sexual satisfaction (0.743) in the patients who treated with MMT were not significantly different with BMT. According to the research achievements, methadone is caused more affection on sexual function decrease and erectile dysfunction compared with buprenorphine so that BMT should be used as much as possible to drug addicts rather than MMT.
- Subjects
KERMAN (Iran : Province); TREATMENT of sexual dysfunction; BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE treatment programs; SEXUAL excitement; COMPARATIVE studies; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment facilities
- Publication
European Psychiatry, 2016, Vol 33, pS318
- ISSN
0924-9338
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.695