Quality of life whilst ageing in opioid agonist treatment: a narrative analysis
Patients experience OAT as both lifesaving as well as potentially limiting their life-quality, illustrating the inbuilt dilemmas of OAT. The study suggests an age-informed treatment model and identifies three thematic implications for practice and further research (on memory issues, victimisation and network-building).
Authors
- Ashley Elizabeth Muller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-6697)
- John Todd-Kvam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-9153)
- Thomas Clausen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2421-4201)
- Gustavo Toshiaki Lopes Sugahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8037-5835)
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Hospital of Southern Norway (NO)
- Sørlandet Hospital Arendal (NO)
- Trondheim Kommune (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22438-4
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitetet i Oslo