Measuring the Effectiveness of Rehabilitation for Clients in Outpatient Clinic Setting: Are There Differences from the Type of Substances Used and the Level of Drug Dependence?

Authors

1.Mrs. Rina Apriliani Sugiarti (⚑ Indonesia) 1

1. National Narcotics Board of Indonesia

Abstract

With the growing trend in drug use towards stimulants, rehabilitation in an outpatient clinic setting becomes a treatment option that can support clients to remain productive. However, questions often arise about its effectiveness. This research was conducted to analyze the outcome of rehabilitation in an outpatient setting according to types of substance used by clients and the level of drug dependence.

Treatment outcome measured using The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF before and after undergoing an outpatient rehabilitation program for 63 clients at BNNP DIY Clinic. Data were analyzed using paired t-test and two way mixed design ANOVA. The results found that there was a significant improvement in WHOQOL scores pre and post rehabilitation (t(62) = -5.226, p < 0.001) with a medium effect size (Cohen’s d = 0.658).

There is no significant difference in the treatment outcome in terms of the type of substance used, but there is a significant difference in terms of the level of drug dependence. Clients at the dependent level tend to have lower mean scores than clients at the experimental use level or situational use level. However, there is no significant interaction between type of drug use, level of drug dependence, and time. It implies rehab outcomes are consistent across the group, regardless of the type of drugs used or the client's level of drug dependence.

The result has implications; level of drug dependence should be put into consideration when making a treatment plan, and better policy from the government to support rehabilitation programs in outpatient clinic settings is encouraged.