Several different measures and scales were used in this study of 274 individuals participating in 1 of 11 treatment programmes for their substance-use disorder(s) in Belgium.[1] These measures included a semi-structured interview (the European version of the Addiction Severity Index, EuropASI), a structured interview (the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, MINI) and two self-report questionnaires (the Assessment of DSM-IV Personality Disorders, ADP-IV, and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Instrument, WHOQoL-BREF).[1] Their analysis found that the severity of substance-use disorder, as well as psychiatric comorbidity, explained the greatest amount of QoL variance; interestingly, the type of substance abused did not greatly affect the results.[1]

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[1] Colpaert K, De Maeyer J, Broekaert E, Vanderplasschen W. Impact of addiction severity and psychiatric comorbidity on the quality of life of alcohol-, drug- and dual-dependent persons in residential treatment. Eur Addict Res 2013; 19 (4): 173–183.

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