{"id":6590,"date":"2010-05-01T11:52:52","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T11:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2010-05-06T10:46:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T10:46:01","slug":"readiness-for-change-and-drug-use-outcomes-after-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2010\/05\/readiness-for-change-and-drug-use-outcomes-after-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Readiness for change and drug use outcomes after treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Abstract<\/p>\n<p>Aims<br \/>\nThe present study represents the first large-scale test of the capacity to predict illicit drug treatment outcomes of an instrument [Stages of Change and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES)] purporting to measure processes underlying stages of change. The main hypothesis was that &#8216;taking steps&#8217; should be predictive of less frequent use of illicit opiates (heroin and non-prescribed methadone) at follow-up.<\/p>\n<p>Design<br \/>\nThe sample comprised 1075 people seeking treatment for drug abuse problems in 54 treatment agencies in England. The study uses a longitudinal, prospective cohort design. Structured interviews were conducted at treatment intake and at 1-year follow-up. Data were collected about illicit drug use (frequency of use of heroin, non-prescribed methadone, cocaine and amphetamines, and non-prescribed benzodiazepines) and other problems.<\/p>\n<p>Findings<br \/>\nResults failed to support the hypothesis that taking steps should be associated with less frequent use of illicit opiates at follow-up. No statistically significant associations of any kind were found between readiness for change measures and use of opiates or stimulants at follow-up. A negative association was found between taking steps and benzodiazepine misuse. Readiness for change measures were correlated with heroin use and psychiatric symptom scores at treatment intake.<br \/>\nConclusions<br \/>\nReadiness for change measures were not associated with illicit drug use outcomes. Of the 12 hypothesized relationships between readiness for change measures and outcomes, our results show only one &#8216;hit&#8217; and 11 &#8216;misses&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:  Addiction Volume 102 Issue 2 Page null &#8211; February 2007 Addiction 102 (2)<br \/>\n<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract Aims The present study represents the first large-scale test of the capacity to predict illicit drug treatment outcomes of an instrument [Stages of Change and Treatment Eagerness Scale (SOCRATES)] purporting to measure processes underlying stages of change. The main hypothesis was that &#8216;taking steps&#8217; should be predictive of less frequent use of illicit opiates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heroin-methadone","category-treatment-addiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}