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| Title |
The Readiness Ruler as a measure of readiness to change poly-drug use in drug abusers
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, January 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-3-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Morten Hesse |
| Abstract |
Readiness to change is a crucial issue in the treatment of substance use disorders. Experiences with methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) has shown that continuous drug and alcohol use with all its consequences characterize most MMT programs. In a prospective study of drug abusers seeking opiate agonist maintenance treatment in the City of Copenhagen, subjects were administered the Addiction Severity Index, and the Readiness Ruler for each of 11 different licit and illicit drugs by research technicians. Data was collected upon admission to the program and at a 18 month follow-up. Subjects who indicated they wanted to quit or cut down upon admission, reported less drug use at 18 month follow-up, after controlling for severity of drug problems at intake. Subjects who expressed readiness to change their drug use upon admission decreased their drug use. It is concluded that the Readiness Ruler measures a construct related to actual readiness, supporting its use in the clinical context. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 83 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 13 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 14% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 19% |
| Unknown | 19 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 23 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 12 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 18 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2015.
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#14,800,211
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Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#797
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#131,438
of 154,687 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#13
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