Aineiston nimi

Substance Abuse Treatment in Community Sanctions Offices: Pre- and Post-treatment Surveys 2007-2010

Aineistonumero

FSD3369

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3369
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3369

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Tolonen, Kari (Tampere University)
• Koski-Jännes, Anja (Tampere University)
• Sarpavaara, Harri (Tampere University)

Sisällön kuvaus

This study charted Finnish community sanctions clients' situation in life and alcohol and drug use. Main themes included the problems that arose from the respondents' substance use, their motivation to stop using substances, and their use of social services. Additionally, the data include evaluations of client meeting discussions between community sanctions office employees and clients. The data were collected as part of a research project on the adherence of motivational interviewing in the initial substance abuse setting and its effect on clients' substance abuse harm reduction (the MISA project), funded by the Academy of Finland, Criminal Sanctions Agency and Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies.

The data consist of a pre-treatment survey, evaluations of counselling session discussions by both the counsellor and the client, post-treatment surveys, and background information surveys for both the client and the employee. The pre-treatment survey, evaluations and background information surveys were completed during the counselling sessions, and the post-treatment surveys were completed as phone interviews six and twelve months after treatment. This dataset can be connected to the qualitative dataset FSD3370 Substance Abuse Treatment in Community Sanctions Offices: Client Meetings 2007-2009, which consists of transcriptions of the counselling session discussions. The respondents in the two datasets can be connected with a unique client number. The qualitative dataset is only available in Finnish.

The pre- and post-treatment surveys were nearly identical. First, the clients' situation in life and use of alcohol in the past six months were surveyed with questions from the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). The questions focused on, for example, how often the respondents consumed alcohol, how often they had not been able to stop drinking once they had started, how often they had felt guilt or remorse after drinking, and whether they had felt that their drinking had effected their social relationships negatively. The respondents' substance use was examined with questions regarding which substances they used and which substance was their principal opiate, i.e. for which opiate they were currently receiving treatment. Further questions on substance use were included from the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS), for example, whether the respondents thought the use of their principal opiate was out of control and whether they wished they could stop using the opiate.

Next, the pre-treatment survey charted the respondents' personal objectives regarding their substance use. The respondents were asked, for example, whether their objective was to achieve total abstinence or reduce their use of substances, or whether they though there was no need to change their substance use. Additionally, they were asked how sure they were that they would succeed in achieving their objective. Both the pre- and post-treatment surveys charted whether the respondents had any other addictions in addition to substances (e.g. a gambling, sex, or internet addiction). Finally, the treatment the respondents had received was examined in both surveys with questions on, for example, how many treatment periods they had received for substance use, whether they had received treatment for their substance use in the past six months, and whether they been on any medication to control their substance use in the past three months. They were also asked whether they had found the Behaviour-Interviewing-Change (BIC) program, which was utilised during the client meetings, useful for their substance abuse rehabilitation.

For the evaluations of the counselling session discussions, the counsellors and clients were asked to evaluate different aspects of the discussion on a scale from 1 to 5. Both the clients and counsellors were asked, for example, whether they though the discussion had been good or bad, difficult or easy, useful or useless, or significant or insignificant. The client's perception of the attitude of the counsellor was charted with questions on, for example, whether the client thought the counsellor was judgemental or accepting, or unkind or kind. The counsellor's perception of the client's attitude was examined with questions regarding, for example, how much emotion the counsellor thought the client expressed and whether the client was willing or unwilling to work together with the counsellor during the discussion. Finally, the clients were asked to evaluate their own preparedness to stop or reduce substance use, and the counsellors were asked to evaluate whether the client had a strong will to change their behaviour and whether they were likely to continue treatment and reduce or stop substance use.

In the background information surveys, additional information on the BIC program and the progress of the client meeting discussions was collected. Additionally, the counsellor's previous experiences of substance abuse care and the BIC program were charted. Background variables included, among others, the client's and counsellor's gender, marital status and level of education.

Asiasanat

alcohol use; drinking behaviour; drug abuse; drug addiction; drug education; drug use; offences; social problems; social services; substance use

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Medical and health sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• General health and well-being (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Crime and law enforcement (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Kerääjät

• Tolonen, Kari (Tampere University)
• Criminal Sanctions Agency: Community Sanctions Offices

Ajallinen kattavuus

2007 – 2010

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2007 – 2010

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Community sanctions clients who were substance abusers and who received treatment for their substance use at community sanctions offices

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Cohort/Event-based

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Purposive

The researchers promoted the study to probation officers during 11 training sessions for the BIC program in different parts of Finland. The employees who decided to take part in the research presented the opportunity to participate to their clients. In total, 25 counsellors and 50 clients from 12 different community sanctions offices participated in the study.

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Telephone interview

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineistopaketti voi sisältää samoja tiedostoja eri kielisinä.

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Tietoarkisto kääntää kvantitatiivisia datatiedostoja englanniksi. Lisätietoja käännöspyynnön jättämisestä.

Datan versio

1.0

Katso myös

FSD3367 Substance Abuse Treatment in Outpatient Clinics: Pre- and Post-treatment Surveys 2007-2010

FSD3368 Substance Abuse Treatment in Outpatient Clinics: Client Meetings 2008-2009

FSD3370 Substance Abuse Treatment in Community Sanctions Offices: Client Meetings 2007-2009

Aineiston käytössä huomioitavaa

The data contain variables B3, B5, B6, B8, C4, C6, C7, C9, D3, D5, D6, D8, E3, E5, E6, and E8 with a reversed numerical scoring scale as modified by the researchers. Additionally, the value labels of variables B16 and D16, denoting the client's preparedness to stop or reduce their use of substances, were ambiguous and as such are slightly different from the questionnaire. The value labels were included in the data as defined by the researcher.

The variable names correspond to the surveys as follows: A = pre-treatment questionnaire, B = the first evaluation of the discussion by the client, C = the first evaluation of the discussion by the counsellor, D = the second evaluation of the discussion by the client, E = the second evaluation of the discussion by the counsellor, F = post-treatment questionnaire after six months, G = post-treatment questionnaire after 12 months, H = additional background information on the client 1, I = additional background information on the client 2, J = background information on the counsellor, bv = background variables not included in any of the questionnaires.

This dataset can be connected to the qualitative dataset FSD3370 Substance Abuse Treatment in Community Sanctions Offices: Client Meetings 2007-2009, which consists of transcriptions of the counselling session discussions. The respondents in the two datasets can be connected with a unique client number. The evaluations of discussions included in this dataset were completed during the client meetings. The qualitative dataset is only available in Finnish.

To prevent identification of participants, variable A_1 denoting the client's year of birth was removed from the archived data. The following open-ended variables were also removed: A10 denoting the client's occupation, A50_2, F34_2 and G34_2 denoting where the client had received treatment for substance use, A51_2, F35_2 and G35_2 denoting which peer support groups the client had attended in the past three months outside AA/NA, H5 and I5 denoting the reasons for the client discontinuing the treatment and any exceptional circumstances regarding the treatment, H1 denoting the type of crime the client had committed, H6_2 and H6_3 containing other information on the client and their circumstances during the year the surveys were conducted, and J7_2 denoting which method the counsellor primarily used in substance abuse care. Additionally, information on the community sanctions office where the client received treatment was not included in the data. Variables A1_2 and J1 denoting the age groups of the client and counsellor were categorised into five-year groups, and response options "divorced/separated" and "widowed" were combined in variable J2. The open-ended responses left in the data were reviewed and the changes made at FSD were marked with [square brackets].

The data delivered to FSD for archiving did not include the years of birth of the client's children, included as part of variable A5 in the questionnaire, or variable H4_3 denoting which client meeting discussion the client had missed. The data contain response options added by the researcher that were not included in the questionnaire. Some open-ended responses are not included in full in the data.

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Tolonen, Kari (Tampere University) & Koski-Jännes, Anja (Tampere University) & Sarpavaara, Harri (Tampere University): Substance Abuse Treatment in Community Sanctions Offices: Pre- and Post-treatment Surveys 2007-2010 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-07-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3369

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Käytön ja kuvailun oheismateriaalit

Tolonen, Kari (2018). Viisi keskustelua muutoksesta (VKM) -ohjelman prosessi ja tulokset yhdyskuntaseuraamusasiakkailla. Akateeminen väitöskirja. Tampereen yliopisto: Tampere University Press. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-0855-1

Julkaisut aineistosta

Tolonen, Kari (2018). Viisi keskustelua muutoksesta (VKM) -ohjelman prosessi ja tulokset yhdyskuntaseuraamusasiakkailla. Akateeminen väitöskirja. Tampereen yliopisto: Tampere University Press. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-0855-1