MARCELLE M. LOBO DINIS CASTRO
Médica Psiquiatra. Aluna do Curso de Especialização em Assistência a Dependentes de Álcool e outras Drogas do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Atenção ao Uso de Drogas (NEPAD) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).
SÔNIA REGINA LAMBERT PASSOS
Pesquisadora do Departamento de Epidemiologia e Antropologia do Instituto de Pesquisa Clínica Evandro Chagas da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (IPEC /FIOCRUZ). Médica psiquiatra do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Atenção Uso de Drogas (NEPAD – UERJ). Doutora em Saúde Pública.
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.
Keywords:Drug dependence, motivation, motivational interview, scales.