Effectiveness and Factors Related to Effectiveness of Modified Matrix Program on Substance Addicted Patients of Bandan Hospital

Abstract

Background: Bandan Hospital is a community hospital under the Ministry of Public Health. They are a role in treating and rehabilitating substance-addicted patients through the Modified Matrix program. Ban Dan Hospital never has been the study of substance addiction treatment before. This study aimed to study the effectiveness of rehabilitation for substance-addicted patients by measuring the number of patients who completed treatment and the number of patients who stopped substance abuse after completing treatment. And studying factors related to the effectiveness of treatment to provide information and knowledge for further prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of substance- addicted patients.
Objective: This study aimed to study the effectiveness of rehabilitation for substance-addicted patients by measuring the number of patients who completed treatment and the number of patients who stopped substance abuse after completing treatment. And studying factors related to the effectiveness of treatment.
Methods: This study is a retrospective descriptive study. This study collected data from the substance treatment network of the Ministry of Public Health. The research tool was a substance treatment questionnaire consisting of personal information, substance usage information, and follow-up results. Personal data, substance use, and the effectiveness of the program were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The factors related to the effectiveness of the program were analyzed by Chi-square.
Results: The study showed that most subjects were male (96.4%), aged between 20-29 years (37.3%), average age 25.5-year, most of the marital status were single (67.5%). Their highest educational level was Junior High School (43.4 %), Most occupation were general contractors (48.2 %), most of them did not have income is 37.3 %, Most of them started using substance for the first time, ages 10-19. The types of substance used were amphetamines. The main reason that they used substance for the first time because they wanted to try. Most of them received treatment for the first time about 80.7%. All of them were force by Narcotics Addict Rehabilitation Act or punishable 100%, for treatment effectiveness 67.5% were effective and relationship testing it not found that the study factors were Relationships with statistically significant effectiveness results.
Conclusions: Modified Matrix Program on substance Addicts of Bandan Hospital was effective program. A substance treatment unit could continue to be used in this program.