Mehdi Movalat - General Physician

Background and Aim : Drug addiction as a biological, psychological and social problem affects all dimensions of one s life, including quality of life. Considering the importance of quality of life among addicts for more effective treatment, the aim of this research is to study the Metacognitive Therapy (MCT) on life quality of patients were treated with methadone maintenance therapy.Methods : The present study was a semi experimental, pretest-posttest with control group. The study population was Methadone Maintenance Treatment patients in Hamadan drug abuse treatment centers in 1397 . The sample consisted of 30 males from methadone maintenance clients who were selected by available sampling method and randomly assigned to two groups of 15 experimental and control groups. The experimental group received 8 metacognitive therapy sessions for one week and each session for 60 minutes. The quality of life questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF) scores before and after the intervention and at the follow up quarterly in both groups were analyzed by statistical mixed variance analysis.Results : The findings showed that metacognitive therapy increased the quality of life (P <0.001) in the experimental group in followed up and post-test stage.Conclusion : Metacognitive therapy has made significant changes in improving the quality of life of patients, and this result can be interpreted within the context of the third-wave behavioral viewpoints. This treatment seems to be effective in improving the quality of life of these patients, therefore this method as an effective treatment to improve the quality of life of patients undergoing methadone maintenance therapy is recommended.

Methadone maintenance treatment- Metacognitive therapy- life quality