The Effectiveness of Stress Management Program on Quality of Life among Methadone Maintenance Treatment Members

The aim of present study was to investigate the effectiveness of stress management program on quality of life among methadone maintenance treatment members. In this pre-test, post-test experimental study, 30 individual who referred to Saba MMT center in Pakdasht were randomly divided into experimental group (n=15 participants) and control group (n=15 participants). The experimental group was undergone ten 90 minutes sessions of stress management program and the control group didn’t receive any treatment program. Quality of life questionnaire (SF-36) was administered. The results showed that the mean sf-36 score in the experimental group had significant higher increased in comparison of control group. It can be concluded stress management program is effective on increasing of quality of life among methadone maintenance treatment members.