Motivational interview and scales used to assess the degree of motivation for treatment in drug abuse patients

Authors

  • Marcelle M. Lobo Dinis Castro Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro; Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Atenção ao Uso de Drogas
  • Sônia Regina Lambert Passos Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas; Departamento de Epidemiologia e Antropologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832005000600004

Keywords:

Drug dependence, motivation, motivational interview, scales

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify and review tools used in specialized services to explore aspectos of motivation as a predictive factor of treatment outcome in drug-abusing patients. METHOD: Comprehensive literature review of scales used to assess the degree of motivation. RESULT: Four scales to evaluate stages of behavioural change related to motivation were identified and described, together with their associated psychometric properties - Rhode Island Change Assessment Questionnaire (URICA), Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eargness Scale (SOCRATES), Treatment Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ), Readiness to Change Questionnaire (RCQ); The first two have Portuguese validated versions. CONCLUSION: Motivacional theory has been regularly studied in the last decade, allowing the definition of pragmatic evaluation parameters in scales with validity and reliabilities that vary from good to excellent.

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Published

2005-12-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 6 (2005)

Section

Reviews of Literature

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How to Cite

Motivational interview and scales used to assess the degree of motivation for treatment in drug abuse patients . (2005). Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, 32(6), 330-335. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-60832005000600004