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PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Quality of life (QoL) has become an important clinical and research outcome in clinical drug and alcohol studies. Yet, further advancement in this field is hindered by the lack of a consensual definition of QoL in that often investigators use the constructs of health status and QoL interchangeably. This article reviews the conceptual definitions of QoL as a researchable construct. It also presents the most commonly used questionnaires to evaluate QoL in the context of substance use. RECENT FINDINGS:In the area of substance use research, the evaluation of QoL has been conducted mainly via generic instruments. Most of the studies reporting results of QoL measurements have obtained their data from opiate users receiving different treatment modalities at various healthcare agencies. Recent studies have used the Injection Drug User QoL Scale as a specific assessment tool. Specific QoL instruments have also been developed in the area of alcohol and nicotine dependence. SUMMARY:QoL is an important clinical and research outcome in the context of substance use. However, the indiscriminate use of nonspecific measurement tools may produce questionable results. A new generation of specific tools takes into particular consideration the life areas that have a greater influence on the QoL of substance users. It is hoped that the new impetus toward a specific QoL assessment in the context of substance use will promote further scientific advancement in this area.
journal_name
Curr Opin Psychiatryjournal_title
Current opinion in psychiatryauthors
Zubaran C,Foresti Kdoi
10.1097/yco.0b013e328328d154subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-05-01 00:00:00pages
281-6issue
3eissn
0951-7367issn
1473-6578journal_volume
22pub_type
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