Table 1

Comparison of social functioning and family relations before and after initiation of MMT

 Baseline (admission to MMT)Post-intervention period
6 months12 months>12 months
Arrest rate13.1% (9.1% to 18.5%)3.4% (1.5% to 7.7%)4.3% (1.6% to 11.4%)7.7% (5.7% to 10.4%)
Proportion selling drugs6.5% (3.4% to 12.0%)1.4% (0.5% to 3.9%)3.0% (1.0% to 8.9%)1.0% (0.1% to 6.6%)
Proportion selling sex for drugs5.3% (2.4% to 11.1%)1.1% (0.5% to 2.3%)0.8% (0.3% to 1.9%)1.0% (0.1% to 6.6%)
Rate of drug-related crime9.9% (6.8% to 14.2%)3.4% (2.5% to 4.5%)3.4% (0.8% to 13.1%)3.3% (2.1% to 5.3%)
Employment rate26.1% (23.6% to 28.8%)47.3% (40.9% to 53.8%)54.7% (47.4% to 61.9%)45.5% (37.2% to 54.1%)
Proportion with good family relations39.7% (35.1% to 44.6%)63.3% (54.7% to 71.1%)72.1% (65.1% to 78.2%)83.2% (77.8% to 87.6%)
Proportion in daily contact with former drug-user friends25.3% (18.9% to 33.0%)4.0% (2.4% to 6.4%)7.7% (1.4% to 33.2%)1.0% (0.1% to 6.6%)
  • MMT, methadone maintenance treatment.