Effect of Motivation Enhancement Programme on Relapse Prevention in Patients Admitted with Alcohol Dependence Syndrome

 Alcohol is the world’s third largest risk factor for disease burden. Alcohol dependence can be effectively treated with pharmacological and psychosocial interventions. The present study was undertaken to assess the effect of Motivation enhancement programme on relapse prevention among 60 patients admitted with alcohol dependence syndrome in medical college chest hospital, Thrissur which was based on Von Bertalanffy’s system theory where throughput is explained with Peter Jarvis’s experiential learning The other objectives of the study were to find the correlation between motivation and warning signs of relapse and to find the association between motivation and warning signs of relapse with selected socio-demographic variables.. A quasi-experimental approach with a two group pretest post test design and purposive sampling was used to select 60 in patients; 30 in experimental and 30 in control group. Semi structured interview schedule was used to collect socio demographic data. Motivation and warning signs of relapse were assessed using Socrates 8A questionnaire and AWARE questionnaire respectively. Motivation enhancement programme of 5 sessions were given to the experimental group for 5 days following the pretest. 4 post tests were conducted on 4 follow up visits including the time of discharge for both groups. The findings revealed that the Motivation enhancement programme is effective in relapse prevention for patients with Alcohol dependence syndrome. The study demonstrated that there is strong negative correlation between motivation and warning signs of relapse. There was significant association of warning signs of relapse with family history of alcoholism. The findings have implication in nursing practice, education, administration and research.