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EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH / ÉPIDÉMIOLOGIE ET SANTÉ PUBLIQUE
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MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG DRUG USERS AND PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS

[341P] VALIDATION OF AN INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF DRUG USERS: THE INJECTION DRUG USER QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE (IDUQOL)
Susan Brogly¹, Julie Bruneau², Anita Palepu^3,4, Céline Mercier⁵, Eduardo Franco^1,6
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ²Research Centre, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec; ³Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia; ⁴Department of Medicine, St Paul’s Hospital, University British of Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; ⁵Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec; ⁶Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec

[342P] QUALITY OF LIFE OF OPIATE USERS AT ENTRY INTO LOW THRESHOLD METHADONE PROGRAMS
Laurel Challacombe¹, Paul Villeneuve², Peggy Millson¹, Carol Strike^1,3, Ted Myers¹, Benedikt Fischer^1,3, Ron Shore^4,5, Mary Pearson^4,6, Shaun Hopkins^7,8, Sara Raftis^1
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; ²University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; ³Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario; ⁴Street Health Centre, Kingston, Ontario; ⁵KFL&A Health Unit, Kingston, Ontario; ⁶Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; ⁷The Works, Toronto, Ontario; ⁸Toronto Department of Public Health, Toronto, Ontario

[343P] PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PERSONS INFECTED WITH HIV OR WITH AIDS (MQOL-HIV) IN A COHORT OF HIV-INFECTED WOMEN
VP Remple*, BA Hilton**, E Maan*, DR Burdge*
*Oak Tree Clinic, Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia; **University of British Columbia School of Nursing