Psychosocial Responses of Drug User During Aftercare in Rehabilitation Center

Abstract

Background: Drug abusers are victims who must be saved through rehabilitation. Rehabilitation nursing care restores normality to drug abusers, which is carried out medically and socially. The length of time and rehabilitation methods have implications for the client's psychosocial response. Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of identifying and exploring the psychosocial responses of drug abusers during aftercare process in rehabilitation centre. Methods: An exploratory descriptive design was used. The sampling technique was a total sample of 32 participants who during aftercare at two rehabilitation centres in West Java, Indonesia, during the period from June to August 2023.The study tool used questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The emotional response that many drug addicts experience while undergoing rehabilitation is that 84.4% often feel bored, 68.8% often feel sad, 34.4% often feel no peace and 46.9% often have no enthusiasm for undergoing rehabilitation. The mental response experienced by many participants was that 43.8% often felt depressed, 28.1% felt confident that they would not relapse after completing rehabilitation. The behavioral response was 40.6% often felt that they were not strong enough to obey all the rules, 62.5% often felt embarrassed by their status as rehabilitation patients and 62.5% of participants believed that the rehabilitation they were undergoing didn’t make them aware of the need to undergo it live normally. Conclusion: More psychosocial responses are maladaptive. This is most likely an effect of the rehabilitation method used, and the length of time required to undergo rehabilitation.