TY - JOUR
T1 - An Exploration of Quality of Life and its Predictors in Patients with Addictive Disorders
T2 - Gambling, Alcohol and Drugs
AU - Manning, Victoria
AU - Gomez, Brenda
AU - Guo, Song
AU - Low, Yee Deng
AU - Koh, Puay Kee
AU - Wong, Kim Eng
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - The study set out to examine Quality of Life (QoL), specifically subjective well being in three different addiction populations (260 alcohol-dependent, 282 drug-dependent, and 132 pathological gambling outpatients) at their first visit to treatment, using the Personal Well being Index (PWI). The mean PWI score for all patients was significantly below (i. e., 15 points) Asian norms. Despite reporting a greater addiction severity, alcohol patients scored significantly higher on the PWI compared with drug patients. Despite having demographic characteristics associated with higher functioning, gambling patients did not have the highest QoL; falling in between the alcohol and drug patients. Being married was the only significant predictor of normal personal wellbeing, whilst having debts, a past/current psychiatric morbidity, and a higher addiction severity significantly predicted an abnormal personal wellbeing. Treatment services should pay close attention and target the specific life domains where poor satisfaction is reported by the different addiction populations.
AB - The study set out to examine Quality of Life (QoL), specifically subjective well being in three different addiction populations (260 alcohol-dependent, 282 drug-dependent, and 132 pathological gambling outpatients) at their first visit to treatment, using the Personal Well being Index (PWI). The mean PWI score for all patients was significantly below (i. e., 15 points) Asian norms. Despite reporting a greater addiction severity, alcohol patients scored significantly higher on the PWI compared with drug patients. Despite having demographic characteristics associated with higher functioning, gambling patients did not have the highest QoL; falling in between the alcohol and drug patients. Being married was the only significant predictor of normal personal wellbeing, whilst having debts, a past/current psychiatric morbidity, and a higher addiction severity significantly predicted an abnormal personal wellbeing. Treatment services should pay close attention and target the specific life domains where poor satisfaction is reported by the different addiction populations.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Drugs
KW - Pathological gambling
KW - Quality of life
KW - Singapore
KW - Subjective well being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84864466983&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11469-011-9349-y
DO - 10.1007/s11469-011-9349-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84864466983
SN - 1557-1874
VL - 10
SP - 551
EP - 562
JO - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
JF - International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
IS - 4
ER -
