The effect of family counseling on the family support and acceptance of addiction clients under methadone treatment

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• Conditions: Substance Use.; Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of opioids

• Registration Number: IRCT2016022926844N1
• Lead Sponsor: Kermanshah university of Medical sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria
Families of inpatient clients in public and private centers (in the first stage of sampling), that
their clients are known case of drug dependent and treated with methadone; The patient under treatment with methadone is in consultation phase, at least for 2 months; Family members are not drug consumer and they live with the patient; The patient is in the 18 to 65 age bond; The patient would have desire and ability to attend the consulting sessions; Presence of at least one member and maximum two members of family in consulting sessions is essential; The patient must not have attend in another similar program; The patient must not have some abnormalities including mental retardation and physical disability such as deadness and blindness?; The patient must have the ability of reading and writing.
Exclusion criteria:
Including refusal to continue cooperation and no presence in more than one session.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Family acceptance. Timepoint: Before and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Maslo and Crawn social acceptance skale.;Family support. Timepoint: Before and 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: social support in chronic disease - Family scale.