420086

Relationship between Self- Empowerment, Treatment Motivation and Relapse among Substance Abusers

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Last updated: 27 Apr 2025

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Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health

Abstract

Background: The problem of substance use is becoming one of the most serious and rapidly growing phenomena all over the world. Self-empowerment and treatment motivation are tools that can be used to take control over life after addiction. Aim: this study aimed to explore the relationship between self- empowerment, treatment motivation and relapse among substance abusers in Port Said city. Subjects and Method: Design: A descriptive correlation research design was utilized. Setting: the study conducted in psychiatric outpatient clinic through hotline for substance abuse at Port Said Psychiatric Health and Addiction Treatment Hospital, Egypt. Subjects: a purposive sample of 186 substance abusers were included. Tools: three tools used for data collection consisted of; the Self-empowerment Scale, Treatment Motivation Questionnaire, and addiction Relapse Scale. The Results: The current findings showed that, the highest percentages of the studied patients had moderate sense of self-empowerment, the majority of the studied patients had very true treatment motivation, and less than half of them had moderate level of relapse. Conclusion: There was statistically significant positive correlation between studied patients' level of Self-empowerment and motivational treatment. While, there was statistically significant negative correlation between studied patients' self-empowerment and addiction relapses and between addiction relapses and motivational treatment. Recommendations: Designing and implementing continuous counseling programs based on patients' experiences and needs to advice knowledge regarding substance abuse issues to increase self-empowerment and improve their treatment motivation to prevent relapse of drug addiction.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2025.348979.1339

Keywords

Addiction, relapse, Self-Empowerment, substance abusers, Treatment motivation

Authors

First Name

Nahed

Last Name

Sleem

MiddleName

Tahseen

Affiliation

B.Sc. of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University

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nahedt889@gmail.com

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First Name

Heba Moussa

Last Name

hamza

MiddleName

gaber

Affiliation

Port foad

Email

d.hudag@gmail.com

City

portsaid

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Volume

12

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

54802

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-12-30

Publish Date

2025-03-31

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1

Page End

26

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/article_420086.html

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420,086

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Original Article

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866

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Publication Title

Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Relationship between Self- Empowerment, Treatment Motivation and Relapse among Substance Abusers

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Article

Created At

09 Apr 2025