Comparison of Recovery Capital in Patients with Alcohol and Opioid Dependence – An Exploratory Study

Background: Recovery capital helps in the assessment of the personal strengths and challenges that exist in an individual with substance use which may have an impact on recovery process. This study aims at finding out the factors which help such individuals to sustain their recovery and how these factors differ across the two groups of people suffering from Alcohol Dependence Syndrome and Opioid Dependence Syndrome.Methods: A cross-sectional observational was designed where sociodemographic and clinical variables, the recovery capital ARC (Assessment of Recovery Capital) Scale and Severity of substance use SDS (Severity of Dependence) Scale of patients diagnosed with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome (ADS group) and those with Opioid Dependence Syndrome (ODS group) were assessed among patients not reporting withdrawal symptoms.Findings: A total of ۴۹ subjects in the ODS group and ۳۰ subjects in the ADS group were enrolled. The majority of the subjects in both groups were married, belonged to urban areas, practiced Hinduism, and were living in nuclear families. There was a significant difference between the educational status (p<۰.۰۰۱), religion practiced (p<۰.۰۰۱), age of onset of dependence (p<۰.۰۰۱), severity of dependence (p=۰.۱۱), and duration of abstinence (p<۰.۰۰۱) between the ADS and ODS groups. The mean scores on ARC Scale were ۴۵.۹ (S.D. =۳.۵) in the ODS group and ۴۷.۴ (S.D. =۴.۳) in the ADS group. ADS group had higher scores in Social Support Domain (p=۰.۰۳۴) and Housing and Safety domain (p=۰.۰۲۵). Other domains like global health, citizenship, meaningful activities, risk-taking, coping, and recovery experience did not significantly differ between the groups.Conclusion: This study aims at comparing the recovery capital of ADS patients with ODS patients. It also suggests that tailored treatment plans for people with ADS and ODS especially in housing and social support and common treatment approach in other domains of recovery will help them sustain the state for a longer term.

کلیدواژه ها:

Alcoholism ، Mental Health Recovery ، Opioid-related disorders ، Substance-related disorders