Clinical trial NCT06207266: Impact Emotional Intelligence Program on Opioid Relapse
Official title: A Prospective Study of the Impact of an Emotional Intelligence Program on Opioid Relapse and Its Determinants
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Emotional Intelligence
Opioid Use Disorder
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-01-16
Enrollment: 20
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants with opioid use disorder were divided into two groups: group with emotion intelligence program (n=20) and group without intelligence program (n=20). A healthy group (n=20) served as a control group.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

* have medical conditions

Primary outcomes:
measure: measure level of emotion intelligence in opioid addiction
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
measure: develop an EI programme to prevent relapses in addiction.
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Assiut
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Nursing
Study officials:
affiliation: Assiut University
name: gellan Karamallah R Ahmed
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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