ISSN: 2639-2038
Authors: Andriele FN, Toufic M, Miriã SD and Matheus DGC*
Chemical dependents commonly have difficulty in abandoning the dependence on the substances they use, which is an important challenge to be overcome in order to maximize the effectiveness and evolution in the treatment time and in the process of abandoning the disorder. In this sense, the use of useful tools to define the level of readiness for change, despite not being a widely used procedure, is an important strategy to assist in decision-making aimed at abandoning addiction. The present study aimed, through the application of the model questionnaire - URICA, to analyze the motivation to change the behavior-problem of chemical dependents hospitalized in a clinic specialized in the treatment of chemical dependence, in the city of Caçapava-SP. For this purpose, 40 inmates were approached and, by signing a consent form, they were invited to answer a socio-epidemiological questionnaire and a questionnaire specially developed to better assess their addict behavior (URICA model), so that, with the answers obtained through the use of the two questionnaires made it possible to identify a profile of male chemical dependents (94,37% of the participants), with an average age of 38.5 years and complete high school, as well as showing the average level of readiness to change, with a predominance of inmates in the action phase (26,79%). Based on the results obtained, it is possible to highlight the applicability of the tools used in order to better assist the teams of therapists in the search for healing and advancement, together with the inmates, through the stages of abandoning their dependence.
Keywords: Addict; Substance Related Disorders; Epidemiology
