Center of Substance Abuse Education, Prevention, and Research, The University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, School of Nursing, Houston, Texas, USA.
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2009;35(6):417-20. doi: 10.3109/00952990903410707.
Substance abuse continues to be a major public health problem. Keeping substance abusers in treatment is a challenge, and researchers continue to investigate ways to increase retention.
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between impulsivity in substance abusers and length of stay in the context of therapeutic community.
The Barratt Impulsiveness Scale- 11 (BIS-11) was used to assess impulsivity in 138 substance abusers at admission and at nine months in a therapeutic community.
Impulsivity significantly decreased in subjects who completed nine months in the therapeutic community. Legal stipulation increased length of stay, on average, by three months. On admission, female participants were on average more impulsive than their male counterparts.
Impulsivity decreased in subjects who remained in therapeutic community for nine months although self-reported impulsivity at baseline did not seem to be associated with retention.
Therapeutic community factors contribute to a decrease in self-reported impulsivity and these factors might be enhanced to increase retention in therapeutic community.
药物滥用仍是一个主要的公共卫生问题。让药物滥用者接受治疗是一项挑战，研究人员一直在探索增加保留率的方法。
本研究旨在探讨物质滥用者的冲动性与治疗社区背景下的住院时间之间的关系。
在治疗社区中，138 名物质滥用者在入院时和九个月时使用巴雷特冲动量表-11（BIS-11）评估冲动性。
在完成九个月治疗社区治疗的受试者中，冲动性显著降低。法律规定平均增加了三个月的住院时间。入院时，女性参与者的冲动性平均高于男性。
尽管基线时自我报告的冲动性似乎与保留率无关，但在治疗社区中接受九个月治疗的受试者的冲动性降低。
治疗社区的因素有助于降低自我报告的冲动性，并且这些因素可能会得到加强，以增加治疗社区的保留率。
