Evaluating the quality of non-drug interventions at rehabilitation centers in Yazd, Iran in 2018

Addiction is one of the most important health challenges around the world. Investigating effective prevention methods and treatment interventions are the main concerns of researchers in this field. The present study was done to evaluate the quality of non-drug interventions at addiction treatment centers in Yazd province.

Out of 130 addiction treatment centers in Yazd Province, 30 centers, and from these centers 300 patients were selected randomly. Information was acquired through questionnaires, validated by the researcher. The assessments were focused on different fields of non-drug intervention at addiction treatment centers including individual consultation, motivational interviews, training about how to cope with cravings, and group therapy.

The quality of non-drug interventions at 86.7% of the centers was relatively moderate and in 10% was poor. 30% and 33.3% of the centers had respectively poor and moderate quality services for motivational interviews. The quality of training services with respect to coping with craving was medium at 50% and desirable at 50% of the centers. Moreover, 40% and 53.3% of the centers had a poor and moderate quality level of group therapy respectively. Patient satisfaction about non-drug interventions was mainly high or very high. 

In non-drug interventions, patient’s satisfaction was high. Therefore, it is suggested that non-drug temptation reduction interventions be performed in rehabilitation centers, along with other treatments.