Quality of Life and Alienation of Injection Drug Addicts with HIV-infection

Abstract

The Subject of the Research

is HIV-positive andHIV-negative injection drug addicts.

The Methods of the research

– study of social functioning, quality of life and alienation of injection drug addicts with HIV-infection and without HIV-infection with establishment ofinterrelation of factors of clinical and psychosocial characteristics and further development of the evaluation methods of the alienation level and treatment efficacy of injection drug addicts.

Results

While performing the research were studied the regularities of drug addiction spread in the Republic of Belarus, developmentof epidemical HIV-infection process and the state of immune system among injection drug addicts. It is shown, that the spread of drug abuse and HIV-infection is followed by the increase of HIV-positive injection drug addicts, who has shown the symptoms of immune deficiency, which are marked with comorbidity with HIV-infection.

Conclusion

Were developed and clinically tested diagnostic technique of alienation level of injection drug addicts and evaluation method ofefficiency treatment of drug addicts, which distinguishes the main criterion of conducted research and its research and practice importance.