Support programs and Quality of Life of Addicts: Comparing Rehabilitated Drug Addicts in the Congress 60 and Other Private Rehabilitation Clinics

Quality of life is a multidimensional, subjective, and complex concept; it is a comprehensive and flexible process which encompasses all aspects of people’s lives. Quality of life acts like a valid scale to assess the consequences of treatments and services provided to drug addicts. The quality of life of rehabilitated drug addicts and the level of support provided through supportive programs are investigated in this study. The present study aims at determining the impact of supportive programs on the quality of life of the rehabilitated drug addicts in the Congress 60 and private rehabilitation clinics. The theoretical framework of the study is based on the World Health Organization theory on quality of life, Wolman theory on social support, and self-guided group theory of  Mullender and Ward on satisfaction feelings. The descriptive method is used in this study. The total number sampling method was employed and all the rehabilitated drug addicts in the Congress 60 in 1393 were examined, and the same number of rehabilitated drug addicts in other rehabilitation clinics took part in the study for the purpose of comparison with the experimental group. The data obtained through standardized questionnaires of quality of life and social supports were