Drug Abstinence Self-Efficacy among Addicted men who stoped taking drugs and Participating in Therapeutic Community, Narcotic Anonymous and Methadone Maintenance Treatment Groups in Ahvaz City,Iran..

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ABSTRACT

The present study aims to comparatively investigate the Drug Abstinence Self-Efficacy (DASE) among addictswho stoped taking drugs and participating in Therapeutic Community(TC), Narcotic Anonymous(NA) and Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) Groups in Ahvaz, Iran. This was an analytical study conducted on the abandonedaddicted men participating in TC, NA and MMT Groups in Ahvaz City/Iran. A total of 141 participants (47 in each group) with available sampling method took part in this study. The Drug Abstinence SelfEfficacy(DASE) was used. ANOVA and Turkey were used for statistical analysis. Outcomes showed that the Drug Abstinence Self-Efficacy among addicts participating in NA was significantly higher than that reported by MMT (P˂ 0.026) and there is no significant diffrence between TC group with NA and MMT groups. Drug Abstinence Self-Efficacy among addicted men who stoped taking drugs and participating in TC, NA and MMT is different and NA sessions must be recommended for increasing it.

Keywords: Addicts, Drug Abstinence Self-Efficacy, Therapeutic Community, Narcotic Anonymous Self-Help groups, Methadone Maintenance Treatment