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. 2015 Dec 1;4(4):e23550. doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.23550

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Patients Under Methadone Maintenance Treatment According to Sleep Quality and Sexual Qualitya.

Characteristics f (%) Poor Sleepers Sexual Dysfunction
Valuesb P Value Valuesb P Value
Age, y 0.578 0.718
< 30 16 (8.1) 9 (56.2) 2 (12.5)
30 - 50 155 (78.3) 107 (69.0) 30 (19.4)
≥ 50 27 (13.6) 18 (66.7) 4 (14.8)
Gender 0.554 0.709
Male 185 (93.4) 124 (67.0) 33 (17.8)
Female 13 (6.6) 10 (76.9) 3 (23.1)
Education 0.682 0.584
Illiterate 9 (4.5) 5 (55.6) 3 (33.3)
Primary 29 (14.6) 23 (79.3) 3 (10.3)
Secondary 81 (40.9) 51 (63.0) 15 (18.5)
Diploma 65 (32.8) 46 (70.8) 13 (20.0)
College 14 (7.1) 9 (64.3) 2 (14.3)
Marital status 0.037 0.454
Married 155 (78.3) 98 (63.2) 26 (16.8)
Single 28 (14.1) 24 (85.7) 5 (17.9)
Divorced 15 (7.6) 12 (80.0) 5 (33.3)
Job 0.104 0.051
Unemployed 29 (14.6) 26 (86.2) 2 (6.9)
Part time 137 (69.2) 95 (69.3) 31 (22.6)
Full time 32 (16.2) 20 (62.5) 3 (9.4)
Main substance abused 0.359 0.161
Heroin 108 (54.5) 82 (75.9) 16 (14.8)
Opium 50 (25.3) 33 (66) 8 (16.0)
Opium residue 35 (17.7) 22 (62.9) 10 (28.6)
Crystalline methamphetamine (Shisheh in Persian) 5 (2.5) 3 (60.0) 2 (40.0)
Dose level 0.338 0.470
Low 10 (5.1) 6 (60.0) 1 (10.0)
Medium 27 (13.6) 22 (81.5) 7 (25.9)
High 161 (81.3) 112 (69.6) 28 (17.4)
Total 134 (67.7) - 36 (18.2) -

aN = 198.

bValues are presented as No. (%).