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dc.contributor.authorBerg, John Erik
dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Steinar
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-21T08:12:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T13:22:42Z
dc.date.available2018-05-21T08:12:28Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T13:22:42Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.citationBerg JE, Andersen S. Mortality 5 years after detoxification and counselling as indicated by psychometric tests. Substance Abuse. 2001;22(1):1-10en
dc.identifier.issn0889-7077
dc.identifier.issn0889-7077
dc.identifier.issn1573-6733
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/6404
dc.description.abstractResidential detoxification of substance abusers, using medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms, often fails to ensure further abstention and predict which clients have the greatest risk of morbidity after detoxification. Prolonging the detoxification period with a counseling period has been shown to enhance compliance to counseling. Sixty-one (61) substance abusers (mean age: 31.3 years; 22 women) with a mean length of abuse of 16 years in 1993-1994 were tested using two psychometric tests and then followed up in 1999 according to mortality. Mean value on Antonovsky's Sense of Coherence (SOC) scale was 2.98 and on Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-24) was 2.06, indicating postdetoxification coping problems and distress. Thirteen (13) abusers died during follow-up. Cox regression of mortality showed increased risk in men, and also an increased risk of dying in the observation period with lower SOC score (p < .01), but not with increasing HSCL-24 score. Logistic regression indicated a 3.6 times higher risk of dying in the observation period if the SOC score was 1 point lower (on a scale range from 1 to 5). An increased mortality in drug addicts leaving the facility with an SOC value below 3.00 after a 4-week detoxification and counseling stay is thus strongly supported by the data. Antonovsky's SOC scale thus seems to be a good indicator of future mortality.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSubstance abuse;Volume 22 - Issue 1
dc.rightsOpen Accessen
dc.subjectDrug abuseen
dc.subjectCoherence sensesen
dc.subjectMortalitiesen
dc.subjectComorbiditiesen
dc.titleMortality 5 years after detoxification and counselling as indicated by psychometric testsen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2018-05-21T08:12:28Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08897070109511441
dc.identifier.cristin1585711
dc.source.journalSubstance Abuse


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