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UNIVERSITY OF MALTA LIFE SCIENCE RESEARCH SEMINARS Web: http://www.um.edu.mt/events/scisem/ Email: [email protected] Abstract form An outcome study of drug rehabilitation programmes Ms. Mariella Dimech No 1a, San Andrea Apts, St Andrew’s Road, Swieqi. 21373898 Title: Presenter: Contact address: Tel: Fax: Email: [email protected] Presentation date: 10 January 2011 Abstract This study is based on creating the first local assessment tool that will aim at researching how effective treatment is for Heroin Opiate users, taking into consideration the interplay between the client, programme and environmental factors. Total abstinence from drugs as well as reduction in drug abuse, criminal behaviour, mental instability, anti-social behaviour, health problems, and overall social instability are all variables measured as effective outcomes of rehabilitation in this study. The main outcome measures which will be included in the questionnaire are primarily based on the Treatment Outcome Profile (TOP) study conducted in the U.K. The TOP is a reliable and valid 20-item instrument for treatment outcomes monitoring. The design of the questionnaire went through a prospective cohort, psychometric evaluation with 7-day retest and 1 month follow up to assess inter reliability, concurrent, discriminant and construct validity and change sensitivity. The research is based on a longitudinal design. Phase one of the Data Collection was conducted using the structured questionnaire in individual interviews with drug dependant clients in the first phase of treatment. Phase two was conducted one year later whereby all participants were re-administered the same questionnaire in an individual interview. A statistical comparison using SPSS is being conducted in order to indicate what outcomes result in the various domains.