Understanding the Factors that Impact Relapse Post-residential Addiction Treatment, a Six Month Follow-up from a Canadian Treatment Centre

Abstract

Although substance use disorder is a detrimental disease that negatively affects millions of Canadians each year, recovery is possible. Varying factors, however, may impact the likelihood of recovery after the affected individual completes treatment. Understanding the related factors associated with post-treatment outcomes would allow substance use disorder professionals to foster positive outcomes, and if appropriate, provide additional support for individuals in need. This study, therefore, examines the following factors on outcomes six months following discharge from residential substance use disorder treatment: length of stay, completion of treatment, post-treatment 12-Step and other mutual help group attendance, post-treatment drug monitoring, age, gender, and drug of concern. Being male, post-treatment 12-Step and other mutual help group attendance, post-treatment drug monitoring, and treatment completion were found to be significantly related to abstinence at six months following residential treatment. The influence of length of stay in treatment, age, and drug of concern on relapse was found to be insignificant. Utilizing the findings of this study can assist healthcare professionals in promoting recovery for patients with substance use disorder.

Determinants and prevalence of relapse among patients with substance use disorders: case of Icyizere Psychotherapeutic Centre

“…Moreover, the results of this study suggest that the PUD who experienced low accessibility to drugs had a greater risk to relapse than the patients who appropriately accessed to required health treatments. This result is in line with the previous studies that confirmed that environmental risk factors increase the risk of relapse such as the increased availability and accessibility of drugs [19,21,34,35,37]. The results revealed that patients using multiple substances such as two to three substances were more likely to relapse than those only used one substance.…”

“…In a study solely examining patient in residential treatment, abstinence rates were lower for those who had short stays (1-30 days) than those who had longer LOS. Similarly, individuals who attended a long term institutional treatment were found to be more likely to be abstinent at six months post-treatment compared to the short-term (three to six month) residential treatment program [35,36]. Moreover, the results of this study suggest that the PUD who experienced low accessibility to drugs had a greater risk to relapse than the patients who appropriately accessed to required health treatments.…”

“…The results revealed that there was a significant association between parental status and relapse where an orphan of father has a significant greater risk to relapse after treatment. Numerous studies have shown that the parent's primary role during treatment is to provide support, and in some cases, this involves treatment for the parent directly [35]. In fact, most rehabilitation centre reported that it is often the mother or father who The table displays the descriptive analysis for the medical and clinical characteristics.…”

Frequency of Socio-Demographic Factors and Variety of Substances used by Drug Induced Psychotic Patients in Tertiary Care Hospital

“…Patients with education level up to secondary level were prevalent (30.2%) during psychotic disorders disease presentation. Our findings matched with other studies' results, according to which illiterate people had a higher proportion of substance users compared to educated people [25,26]. Secondary school students are more susceptible to substance users due to their curiosity and capitulate to aristocrat pressure to use substances.…”

História De Familiares Sobre O Cuidado Da Pessoa Com Dependência Química

“…Um estudo realizado na Ruanda, em 2021 15 , revelou resultados semelhantes em que o tempo de hospitalização foi significantemente associado à recaída e aqueles que são internados de um a três meses tiveram maior risco de recaída em comparação com os que foram hospitalizados por tempo superior a três meses. Estudos que examinam o tempo de permanência nas taxas de abstinência pós-tratamento encontraram relação direta entre a maior duração da estadia e as taxas de abstinência mais altas [16][17] .…”