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Article de Périodique
Retention, early dropout and treatment completion among therapeutic community admissions (2012)
Auteur(s) :
DARKE, S. ;
CAMPBELL, G. ;
POPPLE, G.
Année :
2012
Page(s) :
64-71
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
43
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Thésaurus géographique
AUSTRALIE
Thésaurus mots-clés
COMMUNAUTE THERAPEUTIQUE
;
RETENTION
;
OBSERVANCE DU TRAITEMENT
;
PSYCHOPATHOLOGIE
;
ETUDE PROSPECTIVE
Résumé :
Introduction and Aims. The study aimed to ascertain the association between baseline client characteristics, drug use and psychopathology on length of stay, treatment completion and early separation in drug free therapeutic communities.
Design and Methods. Prospective longitudinal follow up of 191 treatment admissions to We Help Ourselves drug free treatment services.
Results. The median length of stay was 39 days. A total of 17% of treatment entrants dropped out in the first week, and 34% successfully completed the treatment program. Length of stay was independently associated with a previous history of treatment completion (ß = 0.21, P Discussion and Conclusions. Different parameters of treatment stay were predicted by different variables. The fact that neither psychopathology nor primary problem drug was related to treatment indicates that these should not be seen as poor prognostic indicators for treatment success in a drug free treatment setting.
Design and Methods. Prospective longitudinal follow up of 191 treatment admissions to We Help Ourselves drug free treatment services.
Results. The median length of stay was 39 days. A total of 17% of treatment entrants dropped out in the first week, and 34% successfully completed the treatment program. Length of stay was independently associated with a previous history of treatment completion (ß = 0.21, P Discussion and Conclusions. Different parameters of treatment stay were predicted by different variables. The fact that neither psychopathology nor primary problem drug was related to treatment indicates that these should not be seen as poor prognostic indicators for treatment success in a drug free treatment setting.
Affiliation :
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia We Help Ourselves (WHOS), Sydney, Australia