Study title

Coping After Inpatient Treatment of Substance Abuse 1995-1997

Dataset ID Number

FSD2731

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2731

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
• Tolonen, Marjo

Abstract

The survey investigated how persons who had undergone substance abuse treatment coped after the treatment. The respondents had come in for treatment to an inpatient treatment facility for people with substance abuse problems in Finland between August and November 1995. The length of the treatment varied from 9 to 97 days. The respondents were interviewed five times: one week after the beginning of the treatment, 2-3 days before the end of the treatment, and three, six and twelve months after the end of the treatment.

In the first interview the respondents were first asked about their social stability (housing, job). Next questions covered the use of different substances in the previous 12 months, substance mainly used, number of years with substance abuse problems, number of days sober and intoxicated in the previous six months, longest period of sobriety in the previous six months and length of the most recent substance abuse period. Further questions charted the respondents' treatment history (e.g. number of visits to health care centre or hospital during the previous 12 months resulting from substance abuse), friends (e.g. number of substance abusing friends) and leisure time activities. The second interview charted the treatment period (length, reason for ending the treatment etc.), the respondents' plans of further treatment and estimates on their coping in the following 12 months and their personal therapists' estimates on their coping.

The third interview had many of the questions asked in the first and second interviews. Again, there were questions about the respondents' social stability, substance abuse, and friends and leisure activities. Questions were also asked about further treatment sought, satisfaction with the treatment period, the respondents' estimates on their situation in the previous three months and life events in the previous three months. In the fourth and the fifth interviews many of the same questions were again asked: social stability, possible further treatment sought, substance abuse, friends and leisure time, the respondent's own estimates of their situation and life events.

Background variables included the respondent's gender, economic activity, marital status and education.

Keywords

addiction; alcoholism; drug addiction; medical treatment methods; rehabilitation; social work

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Substance Abuse Treatment

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
• Tolonen, Marjo

Time Period Covered

1994-11 – 1997-02

Collection Dates

1995-11 – 1997-02

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Individuals treated for substance abuse in an inpatient treatment facility (excluding individuals who had only come in for detoxification)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

The clients coming in for treatment were recruited in the order they arrived. Not all respondents were interviewed five times: some interrupted treatment, three people passed away during the study period, and some became non-respondents. About half of the interviews were conducted in the facility and the rest somewhere else, for example, in the client's home or outpatient clinics. Interviews were conducted by a therapist from the facility who was not actively involved in the treatment activities.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Data Version

1.0

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FSD2732 Continuity of Substance Abuse Treatment and Readiness to Change 2000

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Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The researcher has coded the 'year of birth' question into variable A1_1 'age'.

Open-ended responses to question C6_2 in questionnaire C are not included in the data.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere) & Tolonen, Marjo: Coping After Inpatient Treatment of Substance Abuse 1995-1997 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2012-05-16). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2731

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

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Related Publications

Saarnio, P. Tolonen, M. Heikkilä, K. Kangassalo, S. Mäkeläinen, M. L. Niitty-Uotila, P. Vilenius, L. & Virtanen, K. (1998) Päihdeongelmaisten selviytyminen hoidon jälkeen. Sosiaalilääketieteellinen Aikakauslehti 35 (4), 207-219