scholarly journals Drug Abuse Research Trend Investigation with Text Mining

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Wei Chou ◽  
Kang-Ming Chang ◽  
Ira Puspitasari
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Text Mining ◽  
Study Drug ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Research Trend ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Addiction Severity

Drug abuse poses great physical and psychological harm to humans, thereby attracting scholarly attention. It often requires experience and time for a researcher, just entering this field, to find an appropriate method to study drug abuse issue. It is crucial for researchers to rapidly understand the existing research on a particular topic and be able to propose an effective new research method. Text mining analysis has been widely applied in recent years, and this study integrated the text mining method into a review of drug abuse research. Through searches for keywords related to the drug abuse, all related publications were identified and downloaded from PubMed. After removing the duplicate and incomplete literature, the retained data were imported for analysis through text mining. A total of 19,843 papers were analyzed, and the text mining technique was used to search for keyword and questionnaire types. The results showed the associations between these questionnaires, with the top five being the Addiction Severity Index (16.44%), the Quality of Life survey (5.01%), the Beck Depression Inventory (3.24%), the Addiction Research Center Inventory (2.81%), and the Profile of Mood States (1.10%). Specifically, the Addiction Severity Index was most commonly used in combination with Quality of Life scales. In conclusion, association analysis is useful to extract core knowledge. Researchers can learn and visualize the latest research trend.

Client Satisfaction with Drug Abuse Day Treatment versus Residential Care

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Chan ◽  
James L. Sorensen ◽  
Joseph Guydish ◽  
Barbara Tajima ◽  
Alfonso Acampora
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Residential Treatment ◽  
Client Satisfaction ◽  
Day Treatment ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Support Measure ◽  
Symptom Check List ◽  
Abuse Treatment

We compared overall treatment satisfaction and helpfulness of treatment components for 216 clients randomly assigned to day versus residential treatment. Baseline interviews were conducted near admission using the Addiction Severity Index, Beck Depression Inventory, Symptom Check-list-90-R, and a social support measure. Follow-up interviews occurred 6 months later with these instruments plus a client satisfaction measure. Clients in both day and residential treatment were highly satisfied with overall services and most treatment components. Satisfaction scores were high and did not differ between modalities; however, mental health services were less helpful to day treatment clients, and more day treatment clients indicated not receiving certain treatment components. Client satisfaction correlated with treatment retention and several baseline and 6-month severity outcomes. These findings indicate day treatment may be as satisfying to clients as residential treatment, and give credence to the idea that client satisfaction assessment should be routine in outcome evaluations of drug abuse treatment.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Addiction Severity Index (ASI) among Clients Enrolled in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Program in Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Tun ◽  
Vicknasingam Balasingam ◽  
Darshan Singh Singh
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Treatment Compliance ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Current Marital Status

Abstract Background: Opioid substitution with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is shown to reduce illicit opioid use and renew social-functioning. Understanding factors that undermine clients’ social-functioning during MMT treatment is vital for improving treatment compliance and quality of life. Method: A total of 210 respondents who were presently enrolled in formal MMT program in Myanmar were recruited from five cities through stratified random sampling for this cross-sectional study. The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) was used to objectively assess respondents social-functioning in the last 30 days. Higher ASI scores denotes poorer social-functioning. Result: Respondents total ASI scores in the respective domains were; employment (47.4%), alcohol (44.4%), drug use (7.2%), legal (49.2%) and social-family relationship (10.7%). Those reported to have never injected drugs in the last 30 days had lower ASI scores than those who reported injection drug use (p=0.026). After identifying the differences in ASI total scores, we found there are significant associations in the clients’ Hepatitis C status, age category, frequency of heroin injection, quality of life score, marital status, current leisure status with family/friend, current history of injection in the last 30 days, income status, satisfaction with current marital status, as well as reported drug and alcohol use (p<0.05). Stepwise binary logistic regression showed alcohol and higher frequency of heroin injection is associated with higher ASI scores. Meanwhile, older age respondents, those who had leisure time with family, and satisfied with current marital status had lower ASI scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our results indicate that those enrolled in MMT program in Myanmar faced many challenges in their daily social-functioning. Treatment providers must take heed of these apparent impediment to ensure clients chequered social-functioning do not undermine their treatment compliance. Trial registration: NA

scholarly journals Οικονομική αξιολόγηση των υπηρεσιών απεξάρτησης από ναρκωτικές ουσίες

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Πέτρος Τρίαντος
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Treatment Cost ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Drug Abuse Treatment ◽  
Analysis Program ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Abuse Treatment

Στόχο της παρούσας μελέτης αποτελεί η αποτύπωση του μεθοδολογικού πλαισίου της αξιολόγησης και της οικονομικής αξιολόγησης των υπηρεσιών απεξάρτησης από παράνομες ψυχοδραστικές ουσίες στην Ελλάδα. Με βάση την θεωρία της ανάδειξης κοινωνικών προβλημάτων, προβάλλεται η κοινωνική διάσταση του προβλήματος, και η οργανωμένη απάντηση σε αυτό το πρόβλημα μέσω των δημόσιων προγραμμάτων απεξάρτησης. Η εμπειρική έρευνα που πραγματοποιήσαμε στηρίζεται στην εφαρμογή της μεθοδολογίας οικονομικού κόστους- κοινωνικού οφέλους σε αυτού του τύπου τις υπηρεσίες και συγκεκριμένα στις θεραπευτικές κοινότητες του Κέντρου Θεραπείας Εξαρτημένων Ατόμων (ΚΕΘΕΑ). Για την καταγραφή του οικονομικού κόστους χρησιμοποιήθηκε το σταθμισμένο (στο συγκεκριμένο τύπο προγραμμάτων) εργαλείο Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP), ενώ για την αντίστοιχη καταγραφή του κοινωνικού οφέλους αξιοποιήθηκαν τόσο σταθμισμένα ποσοτικά εργαλεία (N=243) (Addiction Severity Index –ASI και η Ευρωπαϊκή του προσαρμογή (EuropASI) όσο και ποιοτικές μέθοδοι (N=65) (ομαδικά εστιασμένες συνεντεύξεις–Focus Group) με πρώην εξαρτημένους στη φάση της κοινωνικής επανένταξης. Τέλος, για την πληρέστερη αποτύπωση του συνόλου των ερευνητικών ερωτημάτων, διεξήχθη διαδικτυακή έρευνα εκτίμησης των στάσεων και των αντιλήψεων της κοινής γνώμης για πλήθος διαστάσεων που εξετάζονται στη συγκεκριμένη μελέτη (N=238).Η παρούσα μελέτη αποτελεί την πρώτη προσπάθεια εφαρμογής οικονομικής αξιολόγησης στον συγκεκριμένο τύπο υπηρεσιών, η οποία βασίζεται σε συγκεκριμένη ερευνητική μεθοδολογία. Η ανάλυση οικονομικού κόστους και κοινωνικού οφέλους καθώς και η συγκριτική αποτύπωση της αναλογίας οικονομικού κόστους-κοινωνικού οφέλους μεταξύ των δύο τύπων θεραπευτικών κοινοτήτων οι οποίες εξετάστηκαν (διαμονής και ημερήσιας φροντίδας) καταλήγει στην επιλογή της αποδοτικότερης επιλογής με συνεξέταση και άλλων παραμέτρων. Επιπλέον γίνονται προτάσεις για επέκταση της ερευνητικής δραστηριότητας στο συγκεκριμένο πεδίο, με αφετηρία τα ευρήματα αλλά και τους περιορισμούς της συγκεκριμένης μελέτης

scholarly journals Factors affecting addiction severity index (ASI) among clients enrolled in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program in Myanmar

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Tun ◽  
B. Vicknasingam ◽  
Darshan Singh
Keyword(s):  
Marital Status ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Methadone Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Methadone Maintenance ◽  
Treatment Compliance ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Current Marital Status

Abstract Background Opioid substitution with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is shown to reduce illicit opioid use and renew social functioning. Understanding factors that undermine clients’ social functioning during MMT treatment is vital for improving treatment compliance and quality of life. Method A total of 210 respondents who were already enrolled in a formal MMT program in Myanmar were recruited from five cities through stratified random sampling for this cross-sectional study. The addiction severity index (ASI) was used to objectively assess respondents social functioning in the last 30 days. Higher ASI scores denote poorer social functioning. Result Respondents total ASI scores in the respective domains were: employment (47.4%), alcohol (44.4%), drug use (7.2%), legal (49.2%) and social–family relationship (10.7%). Those reported to have never injected drugs in the last 30 days had lower ASI total scores than those who reported injection drug use (p = 0.01). After identifying the differences in ASI total scores, we found there were significant associations in the clients’ hepatitis C status, age category, frequency of heroin injection, quality of life score, marital status, current leisure status with family/friend, current history of injection in the last 30 days, income status, satisfaction with current marital status, as well as reported drug and alcohol use (p < 0.05). Stepwise binary logistic regression showed that alcohol and higher frequency of heroin injection were associated with higher ASI scores. Meanwhile, older age, respondents those who had leisure time with family, and satisfied with current marital status had lower ASI scores (p < 0.05). Conclusion Our results indicate that those enrolled in the MMT program in Myanmar faced many challenges in their daily social functioning. Treatment providers must take heed of these apparent impediment to ensure clients chequered social functioning does not undermine their treatment compliance. Trial registration: NA

A Method for Diagnosing and Planning the Treatment of Adolescent Drug Abusers (The Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis [ADAD] Instrument)

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred S. Friedman ◽  
Arlene Utada
Keyword(s):  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Comprehensive Evaluation ◽  
Severity Index ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Addiction Severity Index ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Treatment Needs ◽  
Addiction Severity ◽  
Composite Scores

There is a need for a diagnostic method and an instrument appropriate for adolescent drug abuse clients, that permits the assignment of clients to the most appropriate treatment setting, provides the basis for individualized treatment planning, and facilitates comparability across research studies. The development of the Adolescent Drug Abuse Diagnosis (ADAD), a 150-item instrument with a structured interview format, modeled after the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) (which is for adults), is described. The ADAD produces a broad-spectrum comprehensive evaluation of the client, the interviewer's ten-point severity ratings, and composite scores for each of nine life problem areas that are often relevant to the treatment needs of adolescent drug abuse clients. A series of validity and reliability tests are described. The characteristics of the standardization sample ( N = 1,042), and the comparison of the characteristics of the three subsamples (outpatient, residential or non-hospital, and inpatient) are also presented.

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