The Relationship between Life Skills Training and the Level of Addiction Recurrence of Patients Referring to Addiction Treatment Clinics in Alborz Province

Recurrence is a permanent threat to of addiction. Therefore, non-pharmacological interventions are necessary to accelerate the recovery of patients with addiction that is being treated. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between life skills training and the rate of return of addiction in male patients referred to addiction treatment clinics in Alborz province. In this experimental study, 10 drug addiction treatment clinics were randomly selected from different regions of the province. From the clients of each clinic, 6 male patients who had completed the detoxification period were selected randomly. A total of 60 subjects were selected for research purposes. Karaj Health Care Center and Abolish Drug Abuse Clinic Dr. Jahedan were introduced. The tool of this study is a standardized morphine test and glass test that is used in addiction abatement centers to measure the relapse or reversibility of commonly-treated people. Therefore, after the test and the results, the subjects were divided into two groups of experimental and control groups. Using Educational intervention in life skills, the rate of return after delivering training in the experimental group, decreased compared with the non-trained control group. This result was confirmed by comparing the rate of relapse of the experimental group before and after the life skills training. All participants in the study were evaluated for morphine and urine test at the beginning and end of the study and two months after the end of training. Also, all participants before and after training were evaluated using life skills questionnaire. For data analysis, descriptive statistics and chi-square tests were used. Chi-square test showed a significant difference between the two groups in terms of the rate of relapse in the post-test and follow-up stage (Chi 2: 10.552 and degree of freedom: 2). The findings of the study showed that life skills training is effective in preventing the recurrence of addiction treatment in male patients with addiction. In addition, the results of the study show that by using the TOPSIS method to rank the life skills in proportion to the effectiveness of each skill in preventing recurrence of addiction patients in terms of weights are introduced. They calculated in each index; coping skills with emotions, coping skills with stress , Decision making skills, assertiveness skills, self-awareness skills, critical thinking skills, effective communication skills, interpersonal skills, empathy skills, creative thinking skill had the most impact on patients, respectively.

کلیدواژه ها:

life skills ، addiction reversibility ، relapse prevention ، addiction