Impact Emotional Intelligence Program on Opioid Relapse

Assiut University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Opioid Use Disorder; Emotional Intelligence

Treatments: Behavioral: emotion intelligence program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06207266

EMOTION INTELLIGENCE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Addiction is the repeated and increased use of a substance, the deprivation of which gives rise to symptoms of distress and an irresistible urge to use the agent again and which leads also to physical and mental deterioration. The concept of emotional intelligent (EI) "the ability to perceive accurately, appraise and express emotion; the ability to access and generate feelings when they facilitate thought; the ability to understand emotion and emotional knowledge; and the ability to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth". Most drug addicts possess hidden defects in their social skills, and do not have good relations with their peers.

Full description

Addiction is the repeated and increased use of a substance, the deprivation of which gives rise to symptoms of distress and an irresistible urge to use the agent again and which leads also to physical and mental deterioration. Continued opioid misuse can result in syndromes of abuse and dependence and cause disturbances in mood, behavior, and cognition that can mimic other psychiatric disorders. Opioid addiction affects the young and the old, the wealthy and the poor, and the professional and the unemployed.

The concept of emotional intelligent (EI) "the ability to perceive accurately, appraise and express emotion; the ability to access and generate feelings when they facilitate thought; the ability to understand emotion and emotional knowledge; and the ability to regulate emotions to promote emotional and intellectual growth", the ability to manage and regulate emotions in an effective manner and ability to be sufficiently optimistic, positive and self- motivated in order to set and achieve goals.

Most drug addicts possess hidden defects in their social skills, and do not have good relations with their peers. The other possible causes of orienting toward drugs are defects in problem solving, stress-management, and prevention from dangerous and impulsive behaviors.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• in opioid groups: only opioid addiction
• in healthy groups: no history of psychiatric illness or substance use

Exclusion criteria

• have medical conditions

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 3 patient groups

Participants with opioid use disorder group with emotion intelligence program (n=20)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with opioid use disorder group who had emotion intelligence program to increase aware about definition, component, how to deal with EI to reduce relapse rate.

Treatment:

Behavioral: emotion intelligence program

Participants with opioid use disorder group without intelligence program (n=20).

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants with opioid use disorder group who had traditional medical treatment only

A healthy group (n=20) served as a control group.

No Intervention group

Description:

A healthy group who did not have history of psychiatric illness or substance use.