THE EFFECTS OF A PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF ADDICTS PATIENTS

Abstract

Objective: To study the effect of a psycho-social rehabilitation program on quality of life in narcotic addict patients.

Methods: Subjects for this quasi experimental research was addict patients in work place who had been through treatment programs for narcotic addictions and agreed to participate in this study. Simple random sampling was used to select one district in a province in the eastern region. Work place in the district was randomly selected and assigned in to control and experimental group. The samples who met criteria were selected from each work place. The control and experimental groups contained 30 subjects in each group. The experimental group received the psycho-social rehabilitation program for a total of 7 sessions over a period of 12 weeks. The control group received posttest follow-up following routine treatment. Research instruments included the narcotic addict quality of life questionnaire and the psycho-social rehabilitation program. Data were analyzed by percentage, Fisher’s Exact Test, dependent t-test and independent t-test.

Results: Quality of life mean score (M = 272.93, SD = 15.67) of the narcotic addict patients after receiving the psycho-social rehabilitation program was significantly higher than that before (t = 4.6, p < .001). The differences between mean difference of quality of life mean scores of the experimental group (1 = 16.37) was higher than the control group (2 = 4.24) with statistical significance. (t = 3.77,p<.001)

Conclusion: The research findings suggested that the psycho-social rehabilitation program can help changing behaviors of narcotic addict patients and increasing quality of life of these patients.