Psychosexual Functioning in Opioid-Dependent Women.
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| Title: | Psychosexual Functioning in Opioid-Dependent Women. |
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| Authors: | Svikis, Dace S., Brooner, Robert K., Rutigliano, Peter, Gazaway, Prestion, Fagan, Peter, Gupman, Anne |
| Source: | Journal of Sex Research. Jun1996, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p103-111. 9p. 4 Charts, 1 Graph. |
| Subjects: | Opioid abuse, Women patients, Therapeutics, Gynecology, Medical centers, Health facilities |
| Abstract: | This article presents a study on the psychosexual functioning in opioid-dependent women. The opioid-dependent group of 63 was drawn from a convenience sample of female patients enrolled in a hospital-based, publicly funded outpatient methadone-substitution therapy program between October 1989 and September 1991. These 63 patients comprised 58% of all new female admissions during the study period. Failure to collect data on all women was primarily related to lack of staff time rather than a systematic selection bias. Comparison, participants were recruited from 86 women awaiting a scheduled routine gynecological appointment at the same medical center between December 1990 and September 1991. Gynecological patients were selected for the comparison group because they comprised a clinical group that was the same sex, came from the same area and were approximately the same age as participants in the drug group. Gynecological patients attended the clinic for a number of reasons, predominantly routine annual physical examination or evaluation of a gynecological problem such as irregular or heavy menses, ovarian cysts. |
| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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| Abstract: | This article presents a study on the psychosexual functioning in opioid-dependent women. The opioid-dependent group of 63 was drawn from a convenience sample of female patients enrolled in a hospital-based, publicly funded outpatient methadone-substitution therapy program between October 1989 and September 1991. These 63 patients comprised 58% of all new female admissions during the study period. Failure to collect data on all women was primarily related to lack of staff time rather than a systematic selection bias. Comparison, participants were recruited from 86 women awaiting a scheduled routine gynecological appointment at the same medical center between December 1990 and September 1991. Gynecological patients were selected for the comparison group because they comprised a clinical group that was the same sex, came from the same area and were approximately the same age as participants in the drug group. Gynecological patients attended the clinic for a number of reasons, predominantly routine annual physical examination or evaluation of a gynecological problem such as irregular or heavy menses, ovarian cysts. |
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| ISSN: | 00224499 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00224499609551822 |
