Quality of life in people who inject drugs correlate with discharge outcomes and medication therapy initiation

Key Points

• To examine the relationship between quality of life and discharge outcomes in individuals who inject drugs.
• Measured quality of life using DUQOL scores.
• Analyzed correlation between DUQOL scores and medication therapy initiation.
• Assessed clinical outcomes related to MOUD acceptance.
• Higher quality of life scores were linked to better clinical outcomes.
• DUQOL domains with dissatisfaction identified potential predictors of treatment success.
• Improved quality of life correlated with increased acceptance of medication therapy.

Abstract